Buzz over Navjot Singh Sidhu's return to BJP, Gurdaspur ticket for Yuvraj Singh

AMRITSAR: There is a buzz in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Navjot Singh Sidhu returning to the saffron fold and the party fielding another former cricketer, Yuvraj Singh, from Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency...

Sidhu is known for his oratory skills, but has been on a warpath with the Congress's Punjab leadership and has been openly flouting party's directives by holding his own rallies...

Even as Sidhu has close ties with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, BJP leaders in Majha region feel he might rejoin his parent party and could potentially become a Lok Sabha candidate from Punjab...

"Discussions are underway with other BJP leaders and potential candidates in anticipation of his joining, but details are being closely guarded," he said.. Stating that Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency had traditionally been a stronghold for BJP, he expressed confidence Sidhu could be a winning candidate if the party chose to field him from Amritsar...

"A leader who keeps hopping from one party to another loses his charm and credibility," he said.. Sources said there was a possibility of Congress fielding Sidhu from a constituency other than Amritsar...

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