Navjot Singh Sidhu: A controversial cricketer and politician..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Navjot Singh Sidhu: A controversial cricketer and politician..!?
* Sidhu is recognized as a star cricketer in Team India.
* Known as a controversial cricketer and politician.
* Experience of working in bjp and congress parties.
Many of the cricketers of Team india excel in politics. At that time in Team india, some star cricketers who took wickets upon wickets, centuries upon centuries, were spending their retirement life in politics. But some of the team india cricketers who entered politics are becoming successful and some are utter flops. Players like gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, and harbhajan singh are already successful in politics. Navjot Singh Sidhu is also on that list. Navjot Singh Sidhu is a controversial player. When in Team india, he was very aggressive. He does not leave anyone who comes to him. Moreover, Siddu once attacked the Empire. After that, Nava Jyot Singh Sidhu, who announced his retirement from cricket, made his debut in politics through the Bharatiya Janata Party.
 Siddu from punjab state won lok sabha mp from bjp from Amristar. Siddu, who won from amritsar in 2004 on behalf of the bjp party, continued to win consecutively until 2014. After that, the bjp gave him a rajya sabha ticket. He also served as a member of the rajya sabha in 2016. However, Sidhu resigned from the bjp in 2017 in protest against the Modi government.
 Later he joined congress in 2017. At that time the congress party came to power. Then Siddu contested as an mla from the east Constituency in amritsar and won. He also did that work as the minister of Tourism in the then congress government. In 2021, he also served as the president of PCC Punjab. He worked for 72 days and got down. His political career continues like this. Since the congress lost in the last election in punjab, Sidhu does not seem to be very active in politics.

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