Tribune News Sevice
Jalandhar, January 17
Jaitu Member of Legislative Assembly Baldev Singh joined Punjabi Ekta Party on Thursday, a day after he quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over national convener Arvind Kejriwal “dictatorial tendencies”.
Punjabi Ekta Party is a political outfit another AAP rebel, Sukhpal Khaira, launched earlier this month.
Khaira, who was also at Singh’s Thursday press conference in Jalandhar, also excoriated state government under Amarinder Singh—particularly the dispensation’s decision to extend DGP Suresh Arora’s term.
He said the decision was proof that the Captain—as the chief minister is popularly called—was “bowing to pressure” for Delhi. Capt is a hand tool of the Modi government at the centre, he said, adding that bureaucrats trying sheltering tainted police officers were calling the shots in the state.
He also condemned suspension of Congress MLA Kulbir Singh Zira saying that the party was trying to shut down “voices of truth”.