<p>London: Former England spinner <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/monty-panesar">Monty Panesar</a> has thrown his hat into the political arena by announcing his candidacy in the UK elections, representing George Galloway's fringe Workers Party of Britain.</p>.<p>The 42-year-old, who claimed 167 wickets in 50 Tests for England with his left-arm spin, will be on the ballot in Ealing Southall.</p>.<p>"I want to be the voice for the workers of this country," Panesar said in a column in 'The Telegraph'.</p>.UK PM Rishi Sunak lays out 'generational' plan to hike defence spending.<p>"My aspiration in politics is to one day become Prime Minister, where I would make Britain a safer and stronger nation. But the first job at hand is to represent the people of Ealing Southall." </p>.<p>Galloway, who returned to the House of Commons in March after winning the Rochdale by-election, following the demise of previous incumbent, Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd, on Tuesday confirmed Panesar as a candidate.</p>.<p>"I'll present 200 of them outside Parliament this afternoon, including - you'll like this - Monty Panesar, the ace Indian cricketer, former England international cricketer, who will be our candidate in Southall," he said.</p>.<p>"Monty, of course, was a great left-arm spinner and so we could do with him."</p>.<p>Born in Luton, Bedfordshire to Sikh immigrant parents from India, Panesar, whose full name is Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, gained recognition as a cricketer when he was selected for the Nagpur Test in 2006. He was a member of the side that won the 2009 Ashes series and the 2012 India series.</p>.UK PM Rishi Sunak says nothing will stop Rwanda policy, migrants die in channel.<p>Although he never formally announced his retirement, he took up a sports journalism course at St Mary's University, London after leaving cricket in 2016. </p>
<p>London: Former England spinner <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/monty-panesar">Monty Panesar</a> has thrown his hat into the political arena by announcing his candidacy in the UK elections, representing George Galloway's fringe Workers Party of Britain.</p>.<p>The 42-year-old, who claimed 167 wickets in 50 Tests for England with his left-arm spin, will be on the ballot in Ealing Southall.</p>.<p>"I want to be the voice for the workers of this country," Panesar said in a column in 'The Telegraph'.</p>.UK PM Rishi Sunak lays out 'generational' plan to hike defence spending.<p>"My aspiration in politics is to one day become Prime Minister, where I would make Britain a safer and stronger nation. But the first job at hand is to represent the people of Ealing Southall." </p>.<p>Galloway, who returned to the House of Commons in March after winning the Rochdale by-election, following the demise of previous incumbent, Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd, on Tuesday confirmed Panesar as a candidate.</p>.<p>"I'll present 200 of them outside Parliament this afternoon, including - you'll like this - Monty Panesar, the ace Indian cricketer, former England international cricketer, who will be our candidate in Southall," he said.</p>.<p>"Monty, of course, was a great left-arm spinner and so we could do with him."</p>.<p>Born in Luton, Bedfordshire to Sikh immigrant parents from India, Panesar, whose full name is Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, gained recognition as a cricketer when he was selected for the Nagpur Test in 2006. He was a member of the side that won the 2009 Ashes series and the 2012 India series.</p>.UK PM Rishi Sunak says nothing will stop Rwanda policy, migrants die in channel.<p>Although he never formally announced his retirement, he took up a sports journalism course at St Mary's University, London after leaving cricket in 2016. </p>