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Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 18
Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Harmohan Dhawan today formally joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the presence of its senior leaders from the Punjab unit.
Though no official announcement of his candidature for the Lok Sabha seat was made today, leaders gave an indication that the party would field him in the next elections.
A large number of Dhawan’s supporters were present at the function held at his residence in Sector 9. Dhawan’s decision to join AAP came after he met party convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal last month.
Addressing a rally, Dhawan attacked the BJP and the Congress, saying that both parties did not fulfil promises made to people before coming to power. Dhawan had joined the BJP before the last parliamentary elections and was denied the ticket for the Lok Sabha seat at the last moment.
Thereafter, his relationship with local leaders of the party remained strained for various reasons. Dhawan said AAP would provide an alternative to the BJP and the Congress.
AAP had fielded actor Gul Panag from the Chandigarh seat during the last Lok Sabha elections and had got over one lakh votes. Bhagwant Mann, MP, said the party would win the election from Chandigarh. Durgesh Pathak, a senior leader of the party, said Arvind Kejriwal would hold a rally in the city in January.
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