Navjot Singh Sidhu quit the Punjab Cabinet on Sunday.Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday resigned from the Punjab Cabinet amid differences with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. The cricketer-turned-politician tweeted a picture of his resignation letter which was addressed to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. “I hereby resign as Minister from Punjab Cabinet,” the letter read.
Here is a look at his political journey every since he joined Congress:
# Navjot Singh Sidhu had formally joined Congress on January 15, 2017, four months after he had officially quit the BJP on grounds that he was being sidelined. He was later elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Amritsar East and became the state tourism and cultural affairs minister. He had hogged the headlines for his push for the Kartarpur corridor between India and Pakistan.
# Cracks in the relationship between Amarinder and Sidhu first appeared after the latter went to Pakistan for the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2018. Sidhu, at the ceremony, was photographed embracing Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa.
“Everyday our jawans are getting martyred. To hug their Chief General Bajwa…I am against this,” Amarinder had said on the controversial hug.
# In February this year, Sidhu again landed in a huge controversy for his comments on the deadly Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives. In the aftermath of the attack, Sidhu had said that…
