With the top BJP leadership saying bluntly no to the re-entry of Navjot Singh Sidhu into the saffron fold and the Congress too is not very comfortable with him, former Amritsar MP and ex-Punjab minister is looking for a new refuge. So will it be the Aam Aadmi Party? Speculation is rife that this will help the party in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana alike but the kind of temperament that Sidhu has, surviving in AAP will be a tough challenge, feel political analysts. But Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has welcomedSidhu’s with open arms when he said that he is welcome to join the party. There is change in the stand of Delhi chief minister who initially appeared to have distanced himself from the buzz that suggests his party had reached out to the Amritsar East MLA. Sometimes back Sidhu approached some leaders in Punjab to reproach with the BJP leaders but that did not work either which has apparently sent him in silence mode. He is also checkmated by Punjab CM and all his attempts to draw strength from Rahul Gandhi failed. Sidhu had been sulking in the Congress for months before he finally announced his exit from the Amarinder Singh cabinet on July 14, 2019. Sidhu’s last message on the micro-blogging platform is to declare that he had vacated his ministerial bungalow. Then, Sidhu went into silent mode. A cricketer-turned-politician is desperate for some assignment and AAP is also looking for a Sikh face. Both of them could be mutually helpful especially in Punjab.He had stepped up his involvement with his constituents in Amritsar and beyond as well. His possible shift may come soon as speculation is rife that he is in touch with AAP via election strategist Prashant Kishor. But for Sidhu, this wouldn’t be the first time that he has been reported to be looking at AAP as an option. In 216 before he resigned from the BJP, his party of 12 years, Navjot Sidhu had received public invitations from AAP leaders in Punjab and Delhi to join their party. Sidhu, however, had surprised AAP leaders when word came that he would join the Congress. A party Awaaz-e-Punjab that he had launched, reportedly as a backup plan, fell apart soon after.
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Is Aam Aadmi Party the next refuge for Sidhu?
By IndianMandarins - 2020-06-05 10:23:00
With the top BJP leadership saying bluntly no to the re-entry of Navjot Singh Sidhu into the saffron fold and the Congress too is not very comfortable with him, former Amritsar MP and ex-Punjab minister is looking for a new refuge. So will it be the Aam Aadmi Party?
Speculation is rife that this will help the party in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana alike but the kind of temperament that Sidhu has, surviving in AAP will be a tough challenge, feel political analysts.
But Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has welcomedSidhu’s with open arms when he said that he is welcome to join the party. There is change in the stand of Delhi chief minister who initially appeared to have distanced himself from the buzz that suggests his party had reached out to the Amritsar East MLA.
Sometimes back Sidhu approached some leaders in Punjab to reproach with the BJP leaders but that did not work either which has apparently sent him in silence mode. He is also checkmated by Punjab CM and all his attempts to draw strength from Rahul Gandhi failed.
Sidhu had been sulking in the Congress for months before he finally announced his exit from the Amarinder Singh cabinet on July 14, 2019. Sidhu’s last message on the micro-blogging platform is to declare that he had vacated his ministerial bungalow. Then, Sidhu went into silent mode.
A cricketer-turned-politician is desperate for some assignment and AAP is also looking for a Sikh face. Both of them could be mutually helpful especially in Punjab.He had stepped up his involvement with his constituents in Amritsar and beyond as well.
His possible shift may come soon as speculation is rife that he is in touch with AAP via election strategist Prashant Kishor. But for Sidhu, this wouldn’t be the first time that he has been reported to be looking at AAP as an option.
In 216 before he resigned from the BJP, his party of 12 years, Navjot Sidhu had received public invitations from AAP leaders in Punjab and Delhi to join their party. Sidhu, however, had surprised AAP leaders when word came that he would join the Congress. A party Awaaz-e-Punjab that he had launched, reportedly as a backup plan, fell apart soon after.
