Gautam Gambhir first dabbled in electoral politics back in 2014, when he campaigned for BJP’s long-time strategist and first-time Lok Sabha candidate from Amritsar, Arun Jaitley.

Painted as a ‘parachute candidate’ by his rival Captain Amarinder Singh, Jaitley was unable to shake the image of an outsider despite being a seasoned politician and eventually lost.

In 2019, Gautam Gambhir finds himself campaigning for yet another ‘parachute candidate’ fielded by the BJP in East Delhi: Gautam Gambhir.

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