As two legislators from Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal joined the Congress on Tuesday, Congress state unit chief Amarinder Singh said cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu met him and “gave an impression he is inclined to support our party”.
The two Akali members of the state assembly (MLAs) who joined the Congress are Rajinder Kaur Bhagike from Nihal Singh Wala and Mahesh Inder Singh from Baghapurana.
Amarinder Singh, a former Chief Minister, said the party’s list of candidates for the 2017 assembly elections will be finalsed by December 8, and announced on December 9 or 10.
“I met him (Sidhu). I can tell that much. I hope he’ll very soon make an announcement about what he wishes to do. I found him in a very positive frame of mind. I hope it’ll be a positive decision,” Amarinder Singh said, without revealing when the meeting took place.
“The impression I got, without any commitment from his side, is that he is inclined towards supporting us. I can’t tell you about his joining,” he said.
Amarinder Singh said Sidhu told him his family had supported the Congress in the past and that his father was a district Congress President and remained an Advocate General during the Congress rule in the state.
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