Navjot Singh Sidhu
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Navjot Singh Sidhu is former Indian
Indian cricket team
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....

 cricket star . After retirement from cricket Navjot Singh Sidhu took up television commentary, and politics. He was later forced to resign from his political position because he was convicted of homicide.

He was born in Patiala in the Malwa region of Punjab. Sidhu was elected to the Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 as the member from Amritsar
Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab state in northern India.-Assembly segments:Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha segments, which are:# Ajnala...

 in 2004 on a Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

 ticket; he later resigned, following his conviction for culpable homicide
Manslaughter
Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is said to have first been made by the Ancient Athenian lawmaker Dracon in the 7th century BC.The law generally differentiates...

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Quotations

It is better to ride a pony than a horse which throws you.

Referring to Dinesh Mongia|Dinesh Mongia, who was like a reliable pony than Rahul Dravid|Rahul Dravid who at that time, was more like an unreliable horse, on a television broadcast (11 July 2002), during a one day match with Sri Lanka in England.

The world is all about mind and matter; I don't mind and you don't matter.

When Farooque Sheikh, host of the talk show Jeena isi ka naam hai asked him what he thinks of those who criticize his style of commentary "Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai" on Zee TV, (17 June 2004)

This cricket is like a burger, you can have it once a week but for a whole meal, you need to return to Test cricket. More than once a week, and it will give you a tummy ache.

On Twenty20 cricket, in "Twenty20 game is 'underwear' cricket: Sidhu" in Khaleej Times (19 July 2006)

 
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