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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Sidhu, who had quit the BJP and joined the Congress days before the Punjab assembly election last year, was awarded three-year jail term and a fine of Rs 1 lakh by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a 1988 road rage case.
In case the apex court upholds Sidhu's conviction, handed earlier by the high court, he would stand disqualified immediately as a lawmaker. After serving his sentence, he would not be able to contest elections for another six years.
Even as Punjab cabinet minister is trying to prove his innocence in the court, at India TV's Aap ki Adalat he confessed that the incident was the biggest regret of his life.
Meanwhile, the legal heirs of the complainant in the road rage case on April 5 filed a fresh plea against the cricketer on the basis of his 'admission of his role in the incident' during an interview with India TV Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma in Aap ki Adalat in 2010.
Family Time With Kapil Sharma is different from The Kapil Sharma Show.
Sidhu, who had joined BJP in 2004, switched political allegiance to Congress just ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections in 2017.
The Delhi chief minister had yesterday apologised to Majithia for accusing him of being involved in the drug trade in Punjab, saying he had learnt that his allegations were unfounded.
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During the visit, Sidhu found laxity in working of SDO Jugal Kishore and took the decision to suspend him.
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Asking Sidhu not to participate in the comedy show where comments could be damaging to the interest of his position as a minister, the High Court said that the issue wasn’t just about the legality but also about propriety and morality
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Subramanian Swamy said that Sidhu should not be targeted for appearing on TV shows when both the AG and SG are allowed to continue their law practice.
Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu can continue as a celebrity-judge on a popular TV comedy show and there is no conflict of interest in it, Punjab's Advocate General Atul Nanda said today.
Newly elected Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has refused to cede ground on his TV stint saying that it was not an office of profit and he does not have any other source of
Navjot Singh Sidhu made it clear that he is free to do whatever he wants after 6pm in the evening and that nobody has any right to object to it.
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