Alleging that the BJP leader and former India cricketer has been “missing” from the area for a long time, a poster states that, “Sidhu had made tall promises to the people of his constituency about making Amritsar like Paris, but has betrayed them”.

Mr Bakshi said people in Amritsar were facing numerous problems, including unavailability of sand and the levying of various taxes on property. “Businessmen in the area wanted his support for a facility for easier filing of sales tax, but Sidhu has been missing,” he said.

He said that the NGO would award Rs.2 lakh to anyone who would give information about Mr Sidhu and bring him to Amritsar.

Efforts to reach Mr Sidhu have yielded no results, Mr Bakshi said, adding that whenever they tried to contact the MP over the phone, his assistant said, “Sidhu is busy”.