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JOYOUS SIDHU OVER PUNJAB POLLS WIN GIVES CREDIT TO RAHUL,..

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JOYOUS SIDHU OVER PUNJAB POLLS WIN GIVES CREDIT TO RAHUL,CAPT. AMARINDER SINGH & PRIYANKA GANDHI

Navjot Singh Sidhu today credited his victory and that of his Congress party to Rahul Gandhi, Captain Amarinder Singh and Priyanka Gandhi, and launched into his characteristic stream of quotable quotes. “I promise to Sonia Gandhi that we will sacrifice anything to restore the glory of Punjab,” the cricketer-turned-politician told reporters.

He described the punjab contest as a battle for “Congress’s identity and its Pagdi (honour)” – he touched his own bright yellow pagdi or turban.

The Congress is set to return to power in Punjab with a huge majority. The Akali-BJP combine, which was in power for 10 years, has been reduced to number three, after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Punjab has 117 seats, a party needs 59 to form the government.

The Congress campaign was led by Captain Amarinder Singh, who turns 75 today.