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Navjot Sidhu will soon be released from jail. Jail officials said the formalities were being completed. Sidhu’s aides said Sidhu would address the media outside the jail. His supporters gathered outside the jail. Sidhu would 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” staying away from the welcome planned for Sidhu. While the District Congress Committee has no plans, former district Congress president Narinderpal Lally is leading the local workers to welcome Sidhu. Jail superintendent Manjit Singh Tiwana said the documents pertaining to Sidhu’s release were being completed. The process will be completed in a couple of hours. “The paperwork is complete and the legal aspects are being verified. It will take a few hours before he is released,” he said.