Several supporters of former mayor Pradeep Chhabra and Congress workers on Wednesday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the presence of party’s Chandigarh affairs in-charge and MLA Jarnail Singh, president Prem Garg, Punjab MLA Kulwant Singh Pandori and general secretary Harchand Singh Barsat.
Welcoming the new members, MLA Jarnail said, “After Delhi, the Congress has been reduced to zero in Chandigarh.”
AAP’s Chandigarh leader Pradeep Chhabra said, “In the Chandigarh municipal corporation elections, the Congress and the BJP will be completely wiped out.”
Slamming the Congress, he said the party’s Chandigarh unit was full of corrupt people. “Hardworking workers and leaders are not valued in the Congress. There is just a private company of a family, which is why Chandigarh leaders are quitting the Congress,” he added.
Among the newly inducted AAP members are former Chandigarh Congress general secretary Sandeep Bhardwaj, secretaries Mushak Ali and Praveen Dugal Vishu, joint secretary Kuldeep Kumar, vice-president Rakesh Soni, SC wing vice-president Kanwaljit Singh Sidhu, DCC general secretary Jagdeep Mahajan, vice-president Dinesh Sharma, chairperson (RTI cell) Gagandeep Singh Ahluwalia, DCC vice-presidents Beant Singh and Surinder Singh, secretary Harwinder Goldy, and block presidents Harjinder Bawa and Mohinder Rajbhar.
At odds with the incumbent Congress leadership, Chhabra, after resigning from the party, had recently joined AAP. Most of those who joined the AAP on Wednesday are considered Chhabra loyalists.
{{/usCountry}}At odds with the incumbent Congress leadership, Chhabra, after resigning from the party, had recently joined AAP. Most of those who joined the AAP on Wednesday are considered Chhabra loyalists.
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