The Punjab Congress suffered a serious setback on Friday when its firebrand chief and former MLA from Bholath Sukhpal Khaira joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) within the presence of its senior leaders Sanjay Singh, in-cost of Punjab affairs and MP Bhagwant Mann right here. While the Congress termed it a “good riddance” for party, the SAD, said move shows “political opportunism” of AAP. He said that Rahul Gandhi’s decision to reinstate “tainted” leaders as commanders of the Punjab Congress had disappointed him. The report of his wife Preneet Kaur and his son Raninder Singh stashing black money in swiss accounts have also emerged.
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It is his third party having started with Akali then to Congress and now to AAP, he said. He said that he was found of “Kejriwal style” of politics.
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“I was pressurised (not to join AAP) till yesterday”.
He claimed that he declined an offer to be made national spokesperson of the Congress saying he would rather serve as a volunteer for an honest party like AAP than be president of a corrupt party.
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“For now, he is joining without any post, but it is up to the party leadership on how it plans to use him to strengthen AAP in the state”, said another AAP leader. He was given free hand before elections (2012) by Rahul Gandhi.
