AAP To Change Chief Minister In Punjab? What Bhagwant Mann Mentioned
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann at the moment laughed off a query on whether or not he could also be changed within the prime publish within the aftermath of AAP’s Delhi debacle and social gathering chief Arvind Kejriwal’s defeat in his seat. Mr Mann spoke to the media after an AAP assembly in Delhi attended by Mr Kejriwal, senior chief Manish Sisodia and all Punjab MLAs, in addition to different key social gathering functionaries.
The assembly of Punjab MLAs on the nationwide capital’s Kapurthala Home had attracted consideration, with a senior BJP chief claiming that Mr Kejriwal was making an attempt to exchange Mr Mann as Chief Minister. Manjinder Singh Sirsa, newly elected MLA from Rajouri Backyard, claimed in a video that the AAP nationwide convener was making an attempt to take away Mr Mann by branding him “incompetent”.
“After shedding the Delhi elections, Arvind Kejriwal has known as a gathering of Punjab MLAs in Delhi. Experiences recommend that he’s making an attempt to take away @BhagwantMann Ji from the CM publish by branding him as incompetent. He failed to satisfy his promise of giving Rs 1,000 to ladies, was unsuccessful in curbing drug abuse and has worsened Punjab’s scenario. Now, he desires to place all failure on Bhagwant Mann. He’s making AAP Punjab MLAs say that Kejriwal is a ‘good man’ and ought to be made Chief Minister as an alternative,” he stated.
When Mr Mann was requested about this declare, he smiled and stated, “Allow them to say”. He additionally assured that the Punjab authorities would fulfill its promise of giving Rs 1,000 each month to ladies.
The Chief Minister additionally responded to Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa’s declare that greater than 20 AAP MLAs in Punjab are in contact with him. “Partap Bajwa has been saying this for almost three years. Ask him to rely the variety of (Congress) MLAs in Delhi for the third time,” he stated, mocking the Congress for its hat-trick of scoring zero seats within the Delhi election.
He was additionally requested about Mr Bajwa’s claims that he could give up AAP. “Allow them to discuss. Now we have constructed this social gathering with our blood and sweat. Really, they’ve a tradition of switching sides… One in every of their leaders was beating a dhol to rejoice AAP’s defeat. Somebody requested him if he was celebrating Congress’s zero rating,” he stated.
The AAP has 93 MLAs and the Congress 16 within the 117-member Punjab Meeting.
Mr Mann additionally spoke about what was mentioned in at the moment’s assembly. He stated Mr Kejriwal thanked AAP employees for grassroots work within the social gathering’s Delhi marketing campaign. He stated AAP labored so much in Delhi however wins and losses are a part of politics. “We settle for the folks’s mandate in Delhi, now we plan to make Punjab a mannequin state,” he stated. Mr Mann stated all of the MLAs needed to satisfy Mr Kejriwal, in order that they got here to Delhi for the assembly.
NDTV additionally spoke to Ludhiana Central MLA Ashok Prashar about what was mentioned on the assembly. “Within the assembly, Mr Kejriwal informed us we should take the social gathering ahead in Punjab. There will probably be no change in Punjab,” he stated. Requested in regards to the Congress’s declare about AAP MLAs, he stated, “The Congress should take care, what if the few they’ve come to us.”
