Chandigarh: Cricketer-turned-politician Navjyot Singh Sidhu is set to quit Bigg Boss after a month long stay on the reality show as BJP wants him to campaign in Gujarat,his wife said today.
"Till yesterday I had no doubts about him (Sidhu) stayingon the show, but I received a call from BJP Chief NitinGadkari asking me that he is needed by the party for pollcampaigning in Gujarat," Sidhu's wife Navjyot Kaur saidhere in a press conference.
"After I received a call from Gadkari yesterday, I spoketo the channel people. They told me that they will talk toSidhu and seek his version first. However, I am sure if Iasked him something he will do it... he will campaign inGujarat," she said.
When contacted, TV channel Colors' spokesperson confirmedthat they had received a request from Sidhu's wife.
"We have received a request from Navjyot Kaur to relieveher husband from Bigg Boss house urgently to resume his partywork with BJP. We are deliberating on this request," aspokesperson told PTI.
Kaur denied that Sidhu, who had become a "fatherlyfigure" on the show, joined Bigg Boss on his own.
"He went into the reality show after taking permissionfrom the BJP high command. Sidhu's political ambition is abovepersonal equations. It's an order from the party," said Kaur,adding that Sidhu, who is the BJP MP from Amritsar, will comeout tomorrow as it is a "political compulsion".
When asked why Sidhu opted to participate in the showwhen he knew Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat elections were due,his wife said, "He never thought that he would stay in theBigg Boss house for such a long period of time. Sidhu wasexpecting that nobody will tolerate him for long."
"Till yesterday I had no doubts about him (Sidhu) stayingon the show, but I received a call from BJP Chief NitinGadkari asking me that he is needed by the party for pollcampaigning in Gujarat," Sidhu's wife Navjyot Kaur saidhere in a press conference.
"After I received a call from Gadkari yesterday, I spoketo the channel people. They told me that they will talk toSidhu and seek his version first. However, I am sure if Iasked him something he will do it... he will campaign inGujarat," she said.
"We have received a request from Navjyot Kaur to relieveher husband from Bigg Boss house urgently to resume his partywork with BJP. We are deliberating on this request," aspokesperson told PTI.
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"He went into the reality show after taking permissionfrom the BJP high command. Sidhu's political ambition is abovepersonal equations. It's an order from the party," said Kaur,adding that Sidhu, who is the BJP MP from Amritsar, will comeout tomorrow as it is a "political compulsion".
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