GUWAHATI: Former Indian cricketer, Gautam Gambhir has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 22 ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He will likely contest from one of the seven Delhi Lok Sabha seats.
The 37-year-old has a reach of almost nine million followers on his social media channels and he has frequently been commenting on social and security issues that had sparked rumours of him joining politics.
However, at the time he had dismissed the rumours stating he wanted to spend time with his family.
