It’s likely to be the end of road for cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in the Congress.

Sources said Sidhu has been approached by Aam Admi Party (AAP) and poll strategist Prashant Kishor is believed to be mediating between Sidhu and AAP.

AICC sources said that Sidhu has himself not been active in recent times within the party and has distanced himself from the cadre. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has never concealed his dislike for Sidhu’s political posturing.

Sources confirmed that poll strategist Prashant Kishor has spoken to Sidhu about his future in the AAP. Sources said Sidhu wants to be named as the CM candidate of AAP in Punjab for the next elections as a precondition for joining the party.

AAP’s Punjab unit chief Bhagwant Mann had on many occasions tried to lure Sidhu saying he would be the first to welcome Sidhu in the AAP.

The AAP contested Assembly elections in Punjab in 2017 and was the second largest party securing 20 seats. The Congress came to power with 77 seats of 117 Assembly seats by defeating the alliance of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP. The SAD got 15 seats and the BJP only three.

Sidhu, who was twice a BJP MP, joined the Congress ahead of the Punjab election in 2017. He contested the polls and went on to become a Cabinet Minister.

But due to his differences with the “captain” he resigned from the Cabinet team.

Kishor’s had been roped in by the Punjab Congress in the 2017 Assembly polls.  AICC sources said that Amarinder Singh has approached him again to strategise the party’s campaign for the 2022 Assembly elections, but Kishor has reportedly declined as he already has an agreement with AAP after catapulting Kejriwal to power once again in national Capital.