Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday threatened to expose Badal family and said that he will speak in detail about Badal family's policy of loot and how they sold the state to build their own houses. “I will expose Badal family's policy of loot and how they sold Punjab to build their own houses,” Sidhu …
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January 20, 2017Congress' star campaigner and cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu will campaign for his new leader, Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh at Lambi (in Muktsar) where the later is pitted against Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Sidhu, also known for his excellent oratory skills, will speak against the same Badal who he himself had praised many …
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January 19, 2017Buoyed by the entry of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu to its camp, Punjab Congress is set to use his oratory skills as star campaigner against the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bhartiya Janta Party (SAD-BJP) while the state party chief Captain Amarinder Singh will talk to rebel candidates. Post Sidhu’s entry into Congress, his previous party BJP and …
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January 18, 2017Buoyed by the entry of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu to its camp, Punjab Congress is set to use his oratory skills as star campaigner against the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bhartiya Janta Party (SAD-BJP) while the state party chief Captain Amarinder Singh will talk to rebel candidates. Post Sidhu’s entry into Congress, his previous party BJP and …
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January 18, 2017Two days after joining the Congress, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu filed his nomination from Amritsar East seat on Wednesday. Sidhu had termed his joining the Congress on Sunday as a "homecoming". "This time the victory will be of Punjab, Punjabiyat and the people of Punjab," said Sidhu after filing his nomination. "I want to tell …
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January 18, 2017Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday denied charges of promoting bribery by asking voters to take money from other parties and vote for the AAP in Punjab and Goa. The Aam Aadmi Party leader also told the media here that former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu's decision to join the Congress won't have any impact …
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January 17, 2017The Congress President will decide on the chief ministerial face for the Punjab assembly polls and no "deal" has been struck with new entrant Navjot Singh Sidhu, the party's state chief Amarinder Singh said on Tuesday. "There is no deal with Navjot Sidhu, Congress doesn't do deals with anybody," Amarinder told reporters in Patiala when …
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January 17, 2017Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi here on Thursday, with party leaders saying the former BJP MP is expected to join the party anytime soon ahead of the Punjab polls on February 4. Confirming the meeting between the two, party sources said it took place around 3.30 PM and lasted around half-an-hour during …
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January 12, 2017Ending all speculations, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu will formally join the Congress party on January 9, weeks before assembly elections in Punjab, according to sources on Saturday. Sidhu will join the Congress in the presence of party vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Punjab Congress president Capt Amarindar Singh and will most likely be the party’s candidate …
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January 7, 2017The Congress party on Thursday said that Navjot Singh Sidhu will contest in the upcoming Punjab assembly elections as a party nominee. "Navjot Singh Sidhu will contest from the constituency of his wife, Navjot Kaur Sidhu," former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress state unit chief Captain Amarinder Singh told reporters here. "Sidhu will contest from …
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January 5, 2017