Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as the Punjab Congress president, days after the party high command replaced Captain Amarinder Singh with Charanjit Singh Channi as chief minister.  

The news spread like wildfire and became fodder for people on Twitter who made memes on the entire situation and even dragged Archana Puran Singh into it. Before Archana, Navjot was the permanent guest judge on The Kapil Sharma Show.

People started making memes on how Navjot’s resignation can be a threat to her position in the show. The actor has now made a statement that she is ready to quit if Sidhu wants to return.

Speaking with Times Of India, Archana Puran Singh said, “If Sidhu would seriously re-enter the show in my place, I will have many other things to do, which I have refused in the past few months. Since I am shooting for two days a week for the show, I can't take up any assignment, which is out of Mumbai or India. In the past few months, I got several opportunities to shoot in London and other foreign countries but I had to say no because of my commitment to the show.”  

Not just the people on social media platforms, the cast too has joked about how Sidhu’s return can be problematic for Archana. Addressing these jokes, Archana said, “Kapil's show writers come up with all kinds of jokes and I can't help but laugh at them because they are funny. It is a task to come up with gags every day and keep the show running for the last 10 years. But all those who feel I don't have anything to do in the show should come on the sets to see how it is not easy to sit 6-7 hours in a particular position, facing the stage. I have to constantly sit in an angle for 4-7 hours on that sofa and face the stage, listen to every joke that's cracked, and then react to it.”  

Recently, in an episode of The Kapil Sharma Show, Archana had revealed how she received congratulatory messages when Sidhu became the Punjab Congress chief. “Mujhe itne phoolon ke bouquets aaye hai, ‘mubarak ho, Archana ma’am’ kyunki woh wahaan par ban gaye (I got so many flower bouquets and congratulatory messages when Sidhu took up the post),” she shared. 

Archana has been judging comedy shows for a long time even when the concept of these shows wasn’t very popular. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for her and whether we'll see Sidhu return to the show or not.

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