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CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: Amid his political long term within the Congress placing in steadiness, former Punjab birthday party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday met Leader Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on the Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh.
Sidhu was once all reward for the Aam Aadmi Celebration chief after their 50-minute assembly, pronouncing that Mann is “very receptive, listens, right down to earth and has no ego”.
The cricketer-turned-politician mentioned: “I got here right here to type out the issues confronted by way of Punjab. Mann has no ego. I didn’t really feel like I met a major minister. He is equal to he was once 15 years in the past or six months ahead of. He’s extra right down to earth.”
Sidhu’s assembly with Mann got here days after he known as the latter a “rubber doll”, alluding to the Opposition price that the state govt was once being run by way of the AAP management from Delhi. Terming the assembly as “certain”, Sidhu mentioned, “We spoke about legislation and order, monetary emergency, drug drawback and the nexus between smugglers and the police.”
Sidhu claimed he instructed Mann that cash to the song of Rs 25,000 crore to Rs 30,000 crore may well be generated from the liquor sector.
“I used to offer the similar tips when our govt was once in energy, however no person listened,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, there’s a buzz that the previous cricketer may sign up for palms with election strategist Prashant Kishor who’s making plans to chart his personal political path.
After Kishor introduced his plan to embark on a padyatra in Bihar in October, Sidhu had tweeted ecstatically.
“Had a beautiful assembly with my previous buddy PK… Previous wine, Previous gold and Previous pals nonetheless the most productive!!!”He had tagged an image of himself with PK with the tweet, sparking speculations within the political circles.
Assets with reference to PK’s group claimed Sidhu would possibly sign up for palms with the strategist in heralding a “Jan Surraj” motion within the nation, ranging from Bihar.
“Even supposing Bihar doesn’t have a large inhabitants of Sikhs, PK wish to deliver Sidhu on board to drag crowd,” a supply mentioned.
Arun Kumar Pandey, a political analyst in Bihar, felt PK may well be attempting to usher in Sidhu eyeing the substantial Sikh electorate in Patna.
“However Sidhu does now not cling a more potent political affect a number of the Sikh inhabitants in Bihar, the place caste equations nonetheless performs a large position in politics,” Pandey mentioned.
Likelihood of boarding Kishor’s marketing campaign bus
Assets with reference to the PK-team claimed Sidhu would possibly sign up for palms with the strategist in heralding a “Jan Surraj” motion.
Kishor has introduced a three,000-km-long Padytra from October 2 after taking a get to the bottom of to deliver ‘Other folks’s Governance”, on the Gandhi Ashram in West Champaran