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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.
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.
Sidhu said, “I did not leave the party due to ticket. The party failed to fulfil the promises such as putting an end to the drug menace and punishing those involved in the sacrilege incidents. Even I am not able to face the public. People are not getting proper drinking water supply. On the other hand, the AAP government in Delhi has been working for the betterment of the public.”
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.