THE RETURN OF THE RENEGADE
Jul 10, 2021
4 minutes
By Anilesh S. Mahajan
On June 30, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu posted a photograph on social media in which he is seen with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi. The two had reportedly had a four-hour meeting, and the photograph was to serve as some kind of evidence that he had the ear of the Gandhi siblings Priyanka and Rahul.
The photo-op was not without political significance, and does count for something in his current row with the Punjab chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh, given specially that he was initially denied audience by the Congress first family. (Sonia Gandhi later met the Captain on July 6).
Sidhu’s oratorical skills are why the Congress makes
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