New Delhi, March 22 -- Former cricket star and left-handed opening legend Gautam Gambhir on Friday joined the BJP in presence of Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad and called the saffron outfit a 'fabulous platform' to serve India.

"I am sure I will live up their expectations," said Mr Gambhir on the occasion and also maintained that he will work to take the saffron party forward and make India a 'better place' to live in.

Welcoming him into the party fold, Mr Jaitley said Mr Gambhir's decision reflects the kind of expansion the saffron party has undergone in recent years. Mr Jaitley also took a dig at a former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu - without however naming him and said - "Our earlier experience has been that a fo...