Chandigarh, April 27

BJP’s OBC Morcha secretary, an Akali Dal leader and NSUI’s Punjab vice-president on Saturday here joined AAP in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Kuldeep Singh Shanty, secretary of BJP’s OBC Morcha, and Gurdarshan Lal, general secretary, SC wing (Doaba), Shiromani Akali Dal, were welcomed into the AAP fold by Mann, according to a party statement.

AAP’s Jalandhar Lok Sabha candidate Pawan Kumar Tinu and senior party leader Rajwinder Kaur Thiara were present during their joining ceremony.

Mann said people from every section of Punjab are joining AAP as they are impressed by the work of the AAP government in the last two years, according to the statement.

He further said the party will create history by winning all the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.

Punjab vice-president of NSUI Rahul Sharma, who also joined AAP on the occasion, was inducted into the party by Mann in the presence of AAP’s Punjab general secretary Jagroop Singh Sekhwan, the party said.