AMRITSAR: Opinions are divided on what impact the sentencing of Navjot Sidhu to one-year rigorous imprisonment in a road rage case will have on his political career. Even as the cricketer-turned-comedian-turned-politician has already been sulking publicly after being removed from the post of Punjab Congress chief, some believe that road rage incident is not as detrimental in public perception, while others say it would give his rivals a chance to claim that he is unfit for public life as he is “too impulsive” and “out of control”.
Advisor to the former CM Harcharan Singh Brar and a political analyst, Manohar Lal Sharma, says, “One year jail sentence will not be politically detrimental to Sidhu, instead he will turn out to be a hero.” He claims that Sidhu was not involved in a moral turpitude case but a road rage case so the majority of sentiments of people will be in his support.
