Sidhu on ‘maun vrat’inside jail

Former Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu will observe a ‘maun vrat’ during the nine-day Navratri festival, which began on Monday and has refused to meet anyone without ‘prior appointment’. Member of Parliament from Ludhiana Ravneet Singh Bittu reached the central jail premises to meet his party colleague and former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, who is facing corruption charges. Bittu, however, did not meet Sidhu. His wife said, “My husband will observe silence during the Navaratri and will meet visitors after October 5.” The cricketer-turned-politician has been sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a 1988 road rage death case.