India, Dec. 8 -- The political waters in Punjab have been roiled again as Navjot Kaur Sidhu - wife of former PCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu and a Congress leader herself - made a series of startling allegations against senior Congress leadership, claiming that key party offices, including the chief ministership, are up for sale.

Speaking to reporters after meeting the Governor, she claimed that "an attache (briefcase) full of Rs.500 crore" is what it takes to clinch the post of Chief Minister in Punjab. "We do not have Rs.500 crore to give to sit in the CM's chair," she said, stressing that although no one demanded money from her family, "the one who gives a suitcase of Rs.500 crore becomes CM."

Her remarks came amid mounting internal...