Out of jail, Navjot Singh Sidhu meets 'mentor' Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday met Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi.

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Navjot Sidhu called Rahul Gandhi his 'mentor' and Priyanka his 'friend, philosopher, and guide'.

"Met my Mentor Rahul ji and Friend, Philosopher, Guide Priyanka ji in New Delhi Today. You can Jail me , Intimidate me, Block all my financial accounts but My commitment for Punjab and My Leaders will neither flinch nor back an inch," he tweet.

The cricketer-turned-politician walked free after spending nearly 10 months in Patiala jail in a 1988 road rage case and slammed the Centre, alleging that democracy is in chains and institutions have turned slaves in the country. He also claimed that a conspiracy is being hatched to impose the President's Rule in Punjab.

The former Punjab Congress president described Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as "akhbari mukhmantri" for giving big ads in papers and criticised his government over law and order and poll promises.

He slammed the AAP government for allegedly trying to delay his release from the Patiala jail by a few hours, claiming that it was "scared so much it does not want to listen to the truth."