Congress leader Kulwant Sidhu joins AAP

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 18

A day after resigning from the Congress, senior leader and former state secretary of the party Kulwant Singh Sidhu joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) along with his associates on Wednesday.

He had resigned from the Congress on Tuesday.

Sidhu was formally welcomed in AAP by party’s Punjab affairs in-charge and MLA from Delhi Jarnail Singh and deputy leader of opposition Saravjit Kaur Manuke.

Welcoming Sidhu in the party, Jarnail said: “Leaders and volunteers who are feeling suffocated due to corruption and nepotism in conventional parties are welcome in the Aam Aadmi Party.”

He said Kulwant Singh Sidhu started his political journey in the Congress as a youth leader and had been its state secretary. His joining has further boosted the enthusiasm of AAP volunteers.

Replying to questions from mediapersons, Jarnail said: “The act of showing black flags to Akalis is not an act of the AAP volunteers but an expression of anger of the common man of the state.”

He said people of Punjab had not forgotten that anti-farmer laws were passed under the leadership of SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal and during the tenure of SAD government, desecration of Sri Guru Granth Sahib took place and Sikhs seeking justice were shot dead.

“The SAD will have to pay the price for its misdeeds,” he added. After joining the party, Sidhu said everyone in the state were talking about AAP.

He said residents of the state had high expectations from AAP and the party was fighting a battle of rights in which he would also contribute.