AAP Gains Further Strength as Around Three Dozen Sarpanches, Panches and Senior Leaders Join Party
CHANDIGARH(The Uttam Hindu): In a significant political development in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) received a major boost as a large number of leaders from the Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joined the party, dealing a major setback to their respective organisations.
The induction was facilitated by Rajbir Singh Ghumman, OSD to Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, who formally welcomed all the leaders into the party fold in the presence of Gagandeep Singh Ahuja, Chairman of the Punjab Khadi Welfare Board, who attended as a special guest.
Prominent among those who joined AAP include Sahib Singh Chhajjalwadi, Vice Chairman (SC Wing Baba Bakala), Punjab Congress; Sarabjit Kaur Dhaliwal, Congress District President, Women Wing Amritsar (Rural); along with several other senior Congress functionaries, grassroots representatives, and local leaders. The list of joining leaders includes former Sarpanches, Panches, block-level office bearers, and senior leaders such as Satjit Singh (District General Secretary, Congress Amritsar Rural), Kuldeep Kaur (District General Secretary, Congress), Jaskaran Singh (General Secretary, Congress), Dr Charanjit Singh (Former Civil Surgeon, Batala), Narendra Sharma (Block Congress President, Attari), Joginder Singh (Former Panch and BJP Mandal President), Gurpreet Singh (Member, Block Samiti), and several serving and former Sarpanches including Karaj Singh (Jheeta Kalan), Captain (Bohar village), Gurjoban Singh (Jahangir), Keval Singh (Fatehgarh Shukarchak), and Tarsem Singh (Jethuwal).
In addition, a large number of Panches and grassroots representatives such as Santokh Singh, Dilbagh Singh (Nambardar), Darshan Singh (Mehniya), Sethu (Malewal), Navjot Singh, Gurpreet Singh (Sohiyan), Hardev Singh (Former Block Samiti Member), Surjit Singh, Baljinder Singh, and several others from villages including Mehniya Khuaran and surrounding areas also joined AAP. Leaders from other parties including Daljit Singh (BC President, Attari), Balhar Singh (Block President, Mirankot), Sahib Singh (Vice Chairman, SC Wing, Baba Bakala), and Gurvinder Singh (Executive President, Youth Akali Dal, Amritsar) also extended their support to AAP.
Speaking on the occasion, Rajbir Singh Ghumman said, “The continuous joining of leaders from various parties reflects the growing faith of people in the people-centric and development-oriented policies of the Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.”
The newly inducted leaders expressed confidence in the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and said, “We are deeply impressed by the pro-people initiatives and transparent governance of the AAP Government. AAP is the only party genuinely working for the welfare of all sections of society, which motivated us to take this important political decision.”
They further stated, “We will strengthen the party at the grassroots level and work tirelessly to take the policies and achievements of the AAP Government to every household.”