PATIALA: Navjot Sidhu will be released from jail here by Saturday noon. Jail officials said the formalities of the release were being completed.
Sidhu’s aides said Sidhu would address the media outside the jail at 12.30 pm.
Supporters of Sidhu will gather outside the jail from 11 am. “Once a good show of strength is there, Sidhu will address them,” said Mansimrat Riar, a close confidante of the Sidhu family.
Meanwhile, fissures within the Congress have come to the fore with the faction close to “certain senior leaders of the party” staying away from the welcome planned for Sidhu.
While the Patiala District Congress Committee has not made any arrangements, former district Congress president Narinderpal Lally is leading local workers to welcome Sidhu.
Jail superintendent Manjit Singh Tiwana said the documents pertaining to Sidhu’s release are being completed. The process will be completed in a couple of hours. “The paperwork is complete and legal aspects are being verified. It will take a few hours before he is released,” he said.