Ex-PPCC secretary Kulwant Sidhu joins AAP, says Capt govt didn’t fulfil poll promises

Former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) secretary Kulwant Singh Sidhu on Wednesday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Ludhiana, a day after resigning from the state’s ruling party he was associated with for more than three decades

Former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) secretary Kulwant Singh Sidhu on Wednesday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Ludhiana, a day after resigning from the state’s ruling party he was associated with for more than three decades.

AAP Punjab affairs in-charge Jarnail Singh, MLA Sarvjit Kaur Manuke and others during the induction of Kulwant Singh Sidhu into party in Ludhiana.

Sidhu, who was inducted into the AAP fold in the presence of party’s Punjab affairs co-incharge Jarnail Singh, said he took the decision to leave the Congress due to anti-people policies of the Capt Amarinder Singh-led government and its failure to fulfil the pre-poll promises.

Jarnail Singh and deputy leader of opposition in Vidhan Sabha and MLA Sarabjit Kaur Manuke also slammed the state government for not fulfilling the poll promises. They said even the newly appointed PPCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu has been pointing out the failure of the government.

It is learnt that Sidhu was eyeing Congress ticket from the Atam Nagar assembly constituency but quit the party anticipating that he won’t get one.

He unsuccessfully sought the party ticket from the segment in 2017 also.

In July, former PPCC general secretary Daljit Singh Grewal had also joined the AAP, accusing the Congress of not delivering on the poll promises.

Flouting the Covid norms, Sidhu’s supporters and AAP workers gathered at Circuit House in large numbers, without following social distancing.