Chandigarh, Dec. 9 -- The Punjab Congress on Monday suspended Navjot Kaur Sidhu from its primary membership after her " Rs.500 crore for chief minister's chair" remark snowballed into a major controversy.

Navjot Kaur is the wife of former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu. She was a BJP MLA before the couple joined the Congress ahead of the 2017 assembly polls.

"Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu is hereby suspended from the primary membership of the party with immediate effect," said state Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring in an order.

Kaur caused a political furore after her statement on Saturday, claiming "one who gives a suitcase of Rs.500 crore becomes the CM". Talking to mediapersons in Chandigarh, Kaur did not name any pa...