News analysis | Sidhu focussed on Sikh matters, keeping other issues at bay

He risks eroding big chunk of Hindu vote bank that has traditionally favoured Congress

Two days ago, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu of the Punjab Congress, asserting he would “not compromise on the struggle for Punjab-favoured agenda,” even as his politics in the recent past is seen to have been largely revolving around ‘Sikh’ (panthic) issues in an attempt to politically corner the ‘Badals’ of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), keeping other potent issues at bay.

In April, after remaining in political slumber since his resignation from the Punjab Cabinet in 2019, Mr. Sidhu resurrected his political ride by going to a gurdwara in near Bargari village of Faridkot. The village was the epicentre of sacrilege incidents in 2015. Two Sikh protesters were killed at Behbal Kalan during protests against the sacrilege.