Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President, is among Congress' stalwart leaders and would be a key candidate of the grand old party in the forthcoming Punjab Assembly Elections 2022. He was born on October 20, 1963. Navjot Sidhu will be contesting election from Amritsar (East) constituency. Polling in Punjab will be held in one single phase on February 20. Navjot Singh Sidhu has been a professional cricketer and part of the Indian cricket team who retired from international cricket in 1999. Navjot Sidhu began his political innings with BJP and won the Lok Sabha election from the Amritsar seat in 2004. With many ups and downs during his tenure with BJP, Sidhu joined Congress in 2017 and since then has been part of the party. For over two years now, Sidhu has remained part of various controversies and in-party fighting. First, Sidhu was widely criticised for hugging Pakistan army chief and Imran Khan during the inauguration ceremony of Kartarpur Corridor while post that Sidhu has remained surrounded with in-party fighting in the Punjab unit of Congress. Sidhu upped the ante against former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in the quest to push himself for the top job in the state. Though, the Congress party did not elevate him as Chief Minister of state but made him the President of PPCC. In the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab, Sidhu who is being constantly attacked by several party leaders from Amarinder Singh's camp is expected to face a tough contest, both from within the party and opposition. Former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh at several public platforms has challenged Sidhu saying that he will not let Sidhu become the next chief minister of Punjab as the latter is a threat to national security due to his closeness with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and its Army Chief.
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The order was delivered by a bench of justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul today.
The order will be delivered by a bench of justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul. Earlier, the court had reserved the order on an application seeking to enlarge scope of notice in a road rage case against Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Earlier, AICC Punjab affairs in-charge Harish Chaudhary had sought action against Sidhu. In the letter dated April 23, which surfaced on Monday, Chaudhary had also forwarded a detailed note by Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring regarding Sidhu's "current activities".
The letter also mentioned Sidhu's ''inexcusable'' actions at the assumption ceremony of Warring. It said that Sidhu just greeted the incumbent PCC chief and left, while other leaders presented a united front.
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Former Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said he considered Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann his younger brother who will support the fight against the mafia.
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The incident took place when the cricketer-turned-politician was addressing the Congress leaders and workers during the protest against the BJP-led central government over the continued rise in petrol, diesel, and cooking gas prices outside the Punjab Congress Bhawan, when state Congress youth chief Brinder Singh Dhillon interrupted Sidhu.
Sidhu tweeted a video clip from last year in which Arvind Kejriwal is heard saying that action can be taken against the accused in the sacrilege incidents within 24 hours.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu had made the remark welcoming the change, ushered by the people and emphasising that their verdict should be 'humbly accepted'.
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For the unversed, Navjot Singh Sidhu was a popular face of 'The Kapil Sharma Show'. But later he was replaced by Archana Puran Singh as he pursued his political career. She was recently trolled after Sidhu faced a defeat at Punjab Assembly Polls.
AAP candidate and political greenhorn Jeevanjyot Kaur defeated Sidhu by a margin of 6,750 votes.
Navjot Singh Sidhu was a popular face of 'The Kapil Sharma Show'. But later he was replaced by Archana Puran Singh as he pursued his political career. He was the one who sat on the chair and laughed his lungs out on Kapil's jokes.
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Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu is contesting from Amritsar East in Punjab elections 2022.
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