Punjab bypolls: Gurdeep Singh Bathh, the rebel who cost AAP its Barnala seat

Bathh, 40, had joined AAP successful 2016 aft resigning from his occupation astatine a backstage college. “I was the laminitis subordinate of AAP and was appointed territory president successful 2018 and continued to stay truthful till I resigned successful October aft the enactment picked a campaigner adjacent to Sangrur MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer,” Bathh had told The Indian Express during his campaign. “Now, Meet Hayer says that the campaigner is not his cousin, but successful 2017, we utilized to present him to villagers arsenic Meet Hayer’s ‘maasi da munda’ (maternal cousin),” helium had added.

The time AAP announced its tickets for the bypolls, Bathh had questioned the party’s determination to nominate Harinder Singh Dhaliwal from Barnala. A apical contender for the Barnala seat, Bathh resigned from the superior rank of AAP successful October and decided to contest the bypolls arsenic an Independent.

Ironically, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann campaigned successful Barnala but did not talk against Bathh; a favour the rebel returned.

“Bathh could not triumph but helium made AAP lose. His full run was against Meet Hayer and his alleged ‘maasi da munda’ Dhaliwal,” a protagonist of Bathh said aft the results were out.