Sidhu’s wife joins Congress

Cricketer-turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur and former hockey Olympian Pargat Singh joined the Congress Party yesterday.Hinting at Sidhu’s entry to the Congress, Navjot Kaur said: “We are like one soul in two bodies. The body has to follow the soul.”Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh said: “If Mrs Sidhu is here, do you think Mr Sidhu is not going to come with us (Congress)?“I have not met him yet and I have not spoken to him. He is still in Mumbai; when he comes to Delhi we will discuss it,” Singh said.Pargat and Kaur met the Congress high command here last week to discuss their entry into the party ahead of Punjab assembly elections early next year.