Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday rejected the party leader Pratap Singh Bajwa’s claim that some 30 AAP MLAs in the state were in touch with him, pointing to a possible migration.
The development met Mann with Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, which took place only a few days after the party’s crushed defeat in the Delhi assembly elections.
“Bajwa has been making the same claim for the last three years, and he can claim it. He keeps saying that 30-40 MLAs were turning into Congress … I will ask Pratap Singh Bajwa to count that he has How many MLAs are in Delhi, “CM said.
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Tuesday’s meeting, which took place at Kapurthala House, was attended by all 91 MLAs from Punjab. The top leaders of the party, including Manish Sisodia, were also present in the meeting, former deputy CM of Delhi, who lost his Jungpur seat from Tarvinder Singh Marwah of BJP.
After the meeting, Mann spoke to reporters, saying that Kejriwal and Sisodia expressed their gratitude and thanked the state MLAs for their contribution to the Delhi elections.
“The AAP government in Punjab is working towards building infrastructure and reducing the burden of tolls in the state. We have to intensify our work. The work done by AAP in Delhi was never done in the last 75 years. .
“We will use Delhi’s experience in Punjab. We will work together. Our party is known for its work. During the meeting today, it was decided that in the coming two years, we will make Punjab a model. That the whole nation will be seen, he said.