Shiromani Akali Dal's Amritsar South constituency in-charge Talbir Gill, along with his associates, joins Aam Aadmi Party
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann inducted Talbir Gill and his supporters into the party
Akali Dal is wiped out in Punjab, all Akali leaders are unhappy and have no trust in the party due to wrong policies of the Badal family - Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann
Many Youth Akali Dal leaders, including Dilbagh Singh Wadali, also joined Aam Aadmi Party
Punjab Newsline, Amritsar/Chandigarh, May 3-
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got a big boost in Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency and Akali Dal suffered another big jolt. Shiromani Akali Dal Badal's Amritsar South constituency in-charge Talbir Gill, along with his associates and supporters, joined the Aam Aadmi Party.
Aam Aadmi Party Punjab President and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann formally inducted Talbir Gill and his supporters into the party and welcomed them into the AAP family.
Talbir Gill is a well-known leader of Amritsar. He has a good hold among the people of Amritsar and surrounding villages. He has also contested the 2022 elections from Amritsar South Assembly Constituency on the ticket of Akali Dal Badal. He decided to leave the party due to the wrong policies of the Badal family and nepotism in the Akali Dal.
Along with Talbir Gill, Dilbagh Singh Wadali Youth Akali Dal Amritsar president, Sarab Singh Bhullar, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhi, Rustam Singh Sandhu and Jasbir Singh also joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
In his statement after inducting all the leaders into the party, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the Akali Dal is almost wiped out in Punjab. Due to the nepotism of the Badal family, the leaders and workers of the Akali Dal are very disappointed and have no trust in the party. In the coming days, many more leaders of Akali Dal will leave the party.
He said that the condition of the Akali Dal is so bad in Punjab that they are even having hard time finding 13 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. No Akali leader is ready to contest the elections because they know that the defeat is inevitable. Mann said that such a plight of the Akali Dal has happened due to the misdeeds and corruption of the Badal family.