<p>After spending about 10 months in Patiala's central jail, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/congress-leader-navjot-singh-sidhu-likely-to-be-released-from-patiala-jail-on-april-1-1205281.html" target="_blank">will walk free</a> on Saturday.</p>.<p>Several Congress leaders and supporters assembled outside the prison to accord the 59-year-old former cricketer a grand welcome upon his release and chanted 'Navjot Sidhu zindabad'.</p>.<p>'Dhol' players have also been arranged by his supporters standing outside the jail to welcome the cricketer-turned-politician.</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters at his residence on Saturday, Sidhu's son Karan Sidhu said the family has been eagerly waiting for his release from the jail.</p>.<p>He said it had been a tough time for the family but now they were happy to see him coming out of the jail.</p>.<p>Several posters and hoardings of Navjot Sidhu were put up at many places in Patiala city by Sidhu's supporters to welcome him.</p>.<p>Party workers are quite ecstatic over the release of Sidhu, said one of the supporters outside the jail.</p>.<p>Congress leader and former MLA Navtej Singh Cheema said people of Punjab are waiting for Sidhu to come out of jail.</p>.<p>The former state Congress chief was jailed on May 20 last year after being sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court over the death of 65-year-old Gurnam Singh in a road rage case in 1988.</p>.<p>Sidhu's lawyer HPS Varma on Friday had said the release was happening earlier due to Sidhu's good conduct during imprisonment, as allowed under the rules.</p>.<p>Sidhu's family had got an intimation from authorities regarding his release from the Patiala jail.</p>
<p>After spending about 10 months in Patiala's central jail, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/congress-leader-navjot-singh-sidhu-likely-to-be-released-from-patiala-jail-on-april-1-1205281.html" target="_blank">will walk free</a> on Saturday.</p>.<p>Several Congress leaders and supporters assembled outside the prison to accord the 59-year-old former cricketer a grand welcome upon his release and chanted 'Navjot Sidhu zindabad'.</p>.<p>'Dhol' players have also been arranged by his supporters standing outside the jail to welcome the cricketer-turned-politician.</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters at his residence on Saturday, Sidhu's son Karan Sidhu said the family has been eagerly waiting for his release from the jail.</p>.<p>He said it had been a tough time for the family but now they were happy to see him coming out of the jail.</p>.<p>Several posters and hoardings of Navjot Sidhu were put up at many places in Patiala city by Sidhu's supporters to welcome him.</p>.<p>Party workers are quite ecstatic over the release of Sidhu, said one of the supporters outside the jail.</p>.<p>Congress leader and former MLA Navtej Singh Cheema said people of Punjab are waiting for Sidhu to come out of jail.</p>.<p>The former state Congress chief was jailed on May 20 last year after being sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court over the death of 65-year-old Gurnam Singh in a road rage case in 1988.</p>.<p>Sidhu's lawyer HPS Varma on Friday had said the release was happening earlier due to Sidhu's good conduct during imprisonment, as allowed under the rules.</p>.<p>Sidhu's family had got an intimation from authorities regarding his release from the Patiala jail.</p>