: Is Sidhu, once a CM aspirant, bowled out from politics? #IndiaNEWS #FOCUS BY VISHAL GULATIChandigarh, March 12 | Congress state unit President Navjot Singh Sidhu, once a Chief Minister aspirant in

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Is Sidhu, once a CM aspirant, bowled out from politics? #IndiaNEWS #FOCUS
BY VISHAL GULATIChandigarh, March 12 | Congress state unit President Navjot Singh Sidhu, once a Chief Minister aspirant in Punjab, was bowled out from the politics, for the time being, with his humiliating defeat from his stronghold Amritsar (East) seat in Punjab.
He was locked in a high-profile contest with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia but faced defeat from the hands of AAP greenhorn candidate Jeevanjyot Kaur, who defeated him by a margin of 6,750 votes.
Low-profile menstrual hygiene activist Kaur, who believed in door-to-door connect with electorate, emerged as the giant slayer by showing the door to two political heavyweights Sidhu and Majithia, who were busy in mudslinging against each other.
In 2017, the cricketer-turned-politician not only defeated his BJP rival Rajesh Honey with a big margin of over 42,000 votes but also played a role of a game-changer for the party by winning 10 out of 11 seats in Amritsar district, once the citadel of the SAD-BJP combine.
Kaur got total votes of 39,679, while Sidhu polled 32,929 votes. Sidhus archrival Bikram Singh Majithia, one of the most powerful Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders, who left his stronghold Majitha seat to throw down the gauntlet to Sidhu, finished at the third spot with 25,188 votes.
The former Akali ministers wife Ganieve Kaur contested from Majithia assembly segment in his place and won it.
SAD President Sukhbir Badal in an exclusive interview ahead of the poling told IANS that Sidhus arrogance will be his undoing.
We were determined to break Navjot Sidhus arrogance and teach him to love and respect his constituents. We believed it was our duty to engage him and give the people an option for development of their constituency. The Sidhu couple has ignored Amritsar East for the last 18 years. It is one of the most undeveloped constituencies in the state, Badal had said.
After losing polls, Sidhu, who is facing criticism even from within the party, said, People who dug holes for me, are now buried 10 feet undereveryone can see that.
Let bygones be bygonesPeople have voted for AAP for a change, I congratulate them New seeds have to be sown not chinta (worries) but chintan (introspection) should be done, he told the media in Amritsar.
Considered a Congress stronghold, Amritsar (East), the seat that came into being after 2012 delimitation, had backed Sidhu and his namesake wife Navjot Kaur.
Sidhu is a three-time Amritsar MP from the BJP. In 2014 he sacrificed this seat for his guru Arun Jaitley. Later he was adjusted in the Rajya Sabha by the BJP but not finding a bigger role in Punjab, he quit the party and resigned from Parliament.
Conceding his defeat, Sidhu in a tweet said, The voice of the people is the voice of God.

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