The Punjab Congress's 'Sherry' (Sidhu's nickname) tale has no fairy tale ending, as the Navjot Singh Sidhu controversy continues. The motormouth Punjab minister poured oil on the flames of a raging debate recently, when he made a second trip to Pakistan for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor, defying Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

Earlier, he had attended cricketer Imran Khan's oath-taking ceremony as Pakistan Prime Minister (PM), and his hug of Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa then, had created a furore back in India. Now Sidhu, who first claimed Congress president Rahul Gandhi is his 'captain,' has sought to assuage some of the anger by stating that Amarinder Singh is a 'fatherly figure' to him.