INC on 15th Jan 2016 announced that cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu will formally join the party.
Sidhu will run for the Amritsar East seat previously held by his wife and a part of his former Lok Sabha seat of Amritsar.
Congress announced that former CM and state unit chief Amarinder Singh and Sidhu would visit Darbar Sahib on January 19.
Sidhu's wife Navjot Kaur joined the party on November 28 along with former India hockey captain Pargat Singh, an Akali Dal legislator.
Pargat collaborated with Sidhu to form the Awaaz-e-Punjab outfit which has dissolved with its other component.
Ever since he resigned from Rajya Sabha and quit BJP, Sidhu and his associates have been looking to explore political options.
