India, Feb. 6 -- Five days after former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu announced her resignation from the Congress, the party's Punjab affairs in-charge and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday clarified that she has been expelled.

Reacting sharply to the move, Navjot Kaur took a dig at party leader Rahul Gandhi, using the 'Pappu' moniker, a term frequently employed by the opposition to target the Congress leader.

Baghel, who was at the residence of former Congress MLA Rajkumar Verka, addressed the media alongside Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring. He confirmed that while Navjot Kaur was previously under suspension, the party has now formalised her expulsion.

Responding to the exp...