Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: Another setback to AAP as its Nilokheri candidate joins Congress

Chandigarh: In a setback to AAP prematurely of Saturday’s Haryana Assembly polls, the birthday party’s Nilokheri (reserve) seat candidate Amar Singh joined the Congress on Wednesday. After joining the birthday party, Singh said best Congress can defeat the BJP government which has been “unjust to farmers, women folk, Dalits, and minorities”.

He joined the Congress here in presence of Pratap Singh Bajwa, Leader of Opposition within the Punjab Assembly, the birthday party said in a statement. Bajwa formally inducted Singh into the birthday party, it added.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is an element of the INDIA bloc, but is contesting the Haryana elections by itself after the talks between the Arvind Kejriwal outfit and Congress last month to forge an alliance for the state polls did now not materialise. The fresh setback to the AAP in Haryana comes days after its Faridabad candidate Pravesh Mehta joined the ruling BJP on September 28.

Mehta had joined the BJP in Faridabad within the presence of Union Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar, who is the BJP MP from Faridabad, and senior Haryana BJP leader Vipul Goel. Meanwhile, welcoming Singh, Bajwa said he has joined the birthday party unconditionally and “has extended full reinforce to Congress candidate (from Nilokheri) Dharampal Gondar”.

Bajwa also mentioned that Singh is renowned the whole way at some point of the Sikh community in Nilokheri. Singh said in Haryana is witnessing a instantaneously fight between the Congress and the BJP. The same situation exists in Nilokheri, he added.

The previous AAP leader said the foremost goal at this moment is to place off the BJP government, “which has been unjust to farmers, women folk, Dalits, and minorities, and best Congress can do so”. He added that had he continued contesting the election, it might probably probably possibly have without delay benefited the BJP. To make it that you can be in a position to imagine for the vote is solely not to any extent further divided, he determined to subscribe to the Congress.