Punjab Election Results 2017: Navjot Singh Sidhu, a prized catch

He is a crowd puller and his whacky one liners such as <i>thoko tali</i> were hit among voters

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Congress candidate from Amritsar East assembly constituency Navjot Singh Sidhu with his wife posing with victory signs after he defeated BJP's district president Rajesh Huny and won the seat, in Amritsar

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Last Updated : Mar 12 2017 | 1:46 AM IST

“I am a born Congressman. I am back to my roots…this is my homecoming,” Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Cricketer-turned-entertainer-turned politician, said when he joined the Congress after a hard negotiation with the senior party brass. Sidhu, many say, needed an assurance from none other than Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi that he would be made deputy chief minister if the party returned to power in Punjab after a gap of 10 years. Before joining the Congress, the 53-year-old Jat-Sikh leader had quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and resigned from the Rajya Sabha. Those who call him an opportunist say Sidhu