Sidhu likely to join Cong

NEW DELHI: Punjab Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh said Navjot Singh Sidhu would join the Congress soon, and campaign against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley if he decides to contest the Lok Sabha by-election in Amritsar. "Navjot Singh Sidhu will join the Congress soon and will campaign against Jaitley if he decides to fight the Lok-Sabha by-election," he said to a media channel. Amarinder had beaten Jaitley from the same seat in the May 2014 general election, by a margin of over one lakh votes in major embarrassment to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance government. Sidhu, once the BJP MP from Amritsar, has won the seat thrice- in 2004, 2007 by-election, and 2009.