Navjot Singh Sidhu touches Amarinder Singh's feet after taking oath as Cabinet minister – Watch

Chandigarh: Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was on Thursday inducted as a cabinet minister in the new Congress government in Punjab.

Captain Amarinder Singh took oath as Chief Minister.

Sidhu, who was speculated to become the Deputy Chief Minister, was given the "No 3" slot.

After being administered the oath of office and secrecy by Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore, Sidhu, when called by Amarinder Singh, went up to the Punjab CM and touched his feet.

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Sidhu, who joined the Congress in January ahead of the February 4 Assembly Elections, won the Amritsar-East assembly seat by over 42,000 votes.

He was earlier an MP from Amritsar when he was part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004, 2007 (by-election) and 2009.

He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by Prime Minister Narendra Modi government in April 2016.