Jolt for Congress as PPCC general secretary Daljit Singh Bhola Grewal joins AAP

Chandigarh, July 13

In a big jolt to the party, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) general secretary Daljit Singh Bhola Grewal on Tuesday joined AAP along with hundreds of his associates.

AAP state president Bhagwant Mann, Punjab affairs co-in charge Raghav Chadha formally inducted Bhola and his associates here. Welcoming the leaders, he said the joining of Bhola and his associates would strengthen the AAP in Ludhiana.

Bhola said due to the anti-Punjab policies of the state government, he had decided to leave the Congress and join AAP.

Meanwhile, Mann alleged the SAD and BJP made their workers vote for the Congress in the 2017 Assembly elections to keep the AAP out of power.

He claimed there was evidence of an alliance between the Congress, SAD and the BJP. He said Congress MPs and senior leaders had accused Captain Amarinder of colluding with the Badals. “Even Congress MLA Raja Warring has accused Finance Minister Manpreet Badal of giving huge grants to Akali supporters.” Chadha alleged once again an alliance of the SAD, BSP, Congress and the BJP was being formed to prevent the AAP from winning the poll. — TNS