Navjot Singh Sidhu put on steroids due to damaged vocal cords

Navjot Singh Sidhu`s office has said he is receiving injections and will return to campaigning as soon as possible.

New Delhi: Congress leader and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been put on steroid medication after continuous speeches during election rallies resulted in him damaging his vocal cords.

News agency ANI reported that Sidhu's office had confirmed the leader has been put under medication after he was diagnosed with damaged vocal cords. He is receiving steroids and injections while his office says he is in the process of making a quick recovery and will return to campaigning as soon as is possible. Sidhu has been named as Congress' star campaigner in several states but his role in Punjab - a state that votes on Sunday in the final phase of Lok Sabha election - was seen as crucial.

Several political analysts in the past have said that Sidhu may have gradually become a source of embarrassment for Congress in general and Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh in particular. His past visits to Pakistan have also courted enormous controversy while his remark absolving Pakistan in the aftermath of Pulwama attack was widely slammed by politicians cutting across party lines.