‘Depend Your MLAs In Delhi’: Bhagwant Mann Jabs Congress Over Claims Of Dissent In Punjab AAP – News18
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The Congress celebration has not secured any seats within the Delhi meeting since 2015. Nonetheless, this time, its vote share rose from round 4.6% to six.6%.
AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann | File Picture/PTI
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday dismissed the claims a few rift inside the Aam Aadmi Get together’s (AAP) state unit and mocked the Congress, asking what number of MLAs the celebration gained in Delhi.
It comes after Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa claimed that over 30 AAP MLAs of the state’s ruling celebration have been in contact along with his celebration and will change sides. He additional claimed these MLAs have realised that staying with AAP is probably not helpful in the long term.
“He has been saying this for almost three years… he ought to have a look at the efficiency of his celebration in Delhi once more, for the third time,” mentioned Mann after assembly celebration chief Arvind Kejriwal at his Delhi residence.
The Congress celebration has not secured any seats within the Delhi meeting since 2015. Nonetheless, this time, its vote share rose from round 4.6% to six.6%.
The AAP assembly was attended by key celebration leaders, together with CM Mann, Punjab Ministers, and legislators amid rumours of inside discontent inside the AAP’s Punjab unit.
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Dismissing the rumours that Arvind Kejriwal may doubtlessly declare the Punjab CM’s submit after Delhi ballot rout, Mann mentioned, “Allow them to say what they wish to.”
“We respect the mandate of the folks of Delhi. The Delhi group was right here as nicely. We have now determined that we’ll make Punjab a mannequin that may be introduced to the entire nation. Our volunteers are very devoted; they aren’t going to get lured by guarantees,” he mentioned.
“The folks of Punjab have been on the forefront of a number of nationwide struggles.. the primary MPs that have been elected from AAP have been from Punjab. We have now 92 MLAs… we have now risen from the bottom up. Let the Congress say what it desires to,” Mann added.
It comes after the BJP gained 48 of 70 Meeting seats within the Delhi elections, ending AAP’s decade-long rule within the capital. Considerably, the BJP will kind a authorities within the nationwide capital after a hiatus of 27 years.
