AAP could nominate Harbhajan Singh as its Rajya Sabha candidate

Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh could follow the footsteps of his illustrious teammate Sachin Tendulkar as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha as he is likely to be Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) candidate for a seat in the Upper House.

AAP, after sweeping the polls in Punjab, formed the new government with Bhagwant Mann being sworn in as the Chief Minister on Wednesday.

AAP would like to send an icon from the state to the Upper House of Parliament and one of the foremost names to have emerged is that of 41-year-old off-spinner.

Harbhajan, who has taken over 700 wickets in an international career spanning over 18 years, recently retired from active sport.

Just before announcing his retirement, Harbhajan had gone to meet his former teammate and recently resigned Punjab state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and the picture of the two on twitter had led to speculations of him joining Congress.

However, back then in a conversation with PTI, he had categorically denied any inclination of joining the Congress party.

Harbhajan has been associated with many philanthropic projects and social work in Punjab.