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Chief Minister Mann’s woman Dr Gurpreet Kaur is besides actively campaigning successful the nationalist superior and regular posts pictures of her outreach connected the societal media.
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has not included 4 Rajya Sabha MPs from Punjab—environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal, educationist Ashok Mittal, philanthropist and businessman Vikramjit Singh Sahney, and industrialist Sanjeev Arora—in its prima campaigners database for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, released connected Sunday. However, cricketer Harbhajan Singh, different Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab, is portion of the list.
Notably, Harbhajan Singh had besides stayed distant from campaigning during the Lok Sabha elections, stating that the enactment had not asked him to campaign. Seechewal, Arora, Sahney, and Mittal likewise did not participate, which had sparked contention astatine the time. AAP has 7 Rajya Sabha MPs from Punjab. The different two—Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak—are included successful the prima campaigners list.
All 3 Lok Sabha MPs from Punjab—Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Dr Raj Kumar Chabewal, and Malvinder Singh Kang—feature connected the list.
The lack of Sanjeev Arora and Ashok Mittal has generated contention aft BJP person and Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu alleged that their relatives had lent wealth to AAP person Manish Sisodia for his son’s acquisition successful Canada. According to Sisodia’s affidavit, his woman took loans from Romesh Mittal and Guneet Arora, who, Bittu claimed, are relatives of Rajya Sabha MPs Ashok Mittal and Sanjeev Arora, respectively.
Among those included successful the prima campaigners database are Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, authorities AAP president Aman Arora, moving president Amansher Singh Sherry Kalsi, and respective Cabinet ministers, including Harpal Cheema, Harjot Singh Bains, Harbhajan Singh ETO, Dr Balbir Singh, Laljit Singh Bhullar, Tarunpreet Sond, Dr Ravjot Singh, and Hardeep Singh Mundian. AAP main whip successful the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Baljinder Kaur, is besides connected the list.
Chief Minister Mann has already been campaigning successful Delhi and was successful the metropolis connected Monday arsenic well. Sources indicated that helium volition sojourn Delhi often until the Assembly elections. Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema, who is presently preparing the authorities Budget for the adjacent fiscal year, has besides been campaigning successful Delhi.
Dr Balbir Singh and Harjot Singh Bains, known to beryllium adjacent to AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, are besides included successful the list.
Chief Minister Mann’s woman Dr Gurpreet Kaur is besides actively campaigning successful the nationalist superior and regular posts pictures of her outreach connected the societal media.
During the Lok Sabha elections, the AAP had likewise named Punjab leaders, including CM Mann, ministers Harpal Singh Cheema, Aman Arora, Brahm Shankar Jimpa, Harjot Singh Bains, Balkar Singh, Harbhajan Singh ETO, Lal Chand Kataruchak, and Baljit Kaur, arsenic prima campaigners. Former ministers Anmol Gagan Maan and Chetan Singh Jouramajra were besides connected the database but were aboriginal dropped from the Cabinet aft the elections.
The existent database of 40 prima campaigners for the Delhi Assembly elections includes salient names similar Arvind Kejriwal, his woman Sunita Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, and erstwhile Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Other AAP MPs, including Raghav Chadha, and elder leaders similar Sanjay Singh, besides diagnostic successful the list.
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