It Is My 'Ghar Wapsi', I am A Born Congressman, Says Navjot Singh Sidhu

A day after joining Congress party, Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said that he is a "born Congressman" and termed it is as his ghar wapsi.

On being asked whether he is ready to work under the Congress' chief ministerial candidate Amarinder Singh, Sidhu replied,"If Lalu (Yadav) and Nitish (Kumar) can come together, why can't Amarinder Singh and I?

"Gehun khet mein aur beta pet mein aur aap byah ki baat kar rahe ho,(it is premature to talk about the issue)," the former BJP man said when asked whether he would like to be the Chief Ministerial candidate of the party.

Congress has not declared a chief ministerial candidate and was contesting the polls under the leadership of Amarinder Singh.

"In politics there are no ifs and buts. If my aunt has moustache I would have called her uncle," the cricketer turned entertainer said in remarks at the press conference which were replete with one-liners and wit.

To another question, Sidhu said he was ready to work under anybody appointed by the Congress high command and would contest from anywhere the party wants him to fight from.

"I am not here for (personal agenda) but for redemption of Punjab," he said while slamming the Badals, accusing the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of looting the state and making the prosperous state "a pauper".

Amarinder had welcomed Sidhu into the Congress fold saying that they will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple on January 19 and thereafter take out at road show together.

On Sunday, the 53-year-old had posted his photo with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Twitter and Facebook after joining the party in New Delhi.

The cricketer-turned-politician faced major setback in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls after the BJP replaced him with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the Amritsar seat. The latter lost to Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh.

(With inputs from PTI)