:dateline:Navjot Sidhu is the only Punjabi to find a place in the BJP National Executive team, which comprises of 111 total members. �This is the team of top leaders of the BJP. �Sidhu’s inclusion in the Executive Committee may not sit well with the Akali Dal, as it was because of them that he was denied�the Lok Sabha ticket from Sri Amritsar last year.
The list was announced by�BJP national chief Amit Shah earlier today. �BJP has dropped women leaders including Nazma Heptulah, Samriti Irani and Hema Malini from the national executive team.�
The new committee also includes�veterans like LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, M Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari and Harsh Vardhan.
There have been rumors that inclusion of Sidhu maybe a hint that he could be the Chief Ministerial candidate of the BJP in the upcoming 2017 elections in Punjab, if they contest separate from the Akali Dal.
