Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday ridiculed Congress for appointing AICC secretary Asha Kumari as in-charge of Punjab affairs who was sentenced to jail merely four months ago for grabbing forest land by forging wills and revenue records in her home state Himachal Pradesh.“On June 15, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was forced to quit the aforesaid post after AAP accused him of his objectionable role in 1984 Sikh genocide in Delhi. Feeling the heat from various Sikh organisations, Nath had to quit the post after merely two days of his appointment,” said senior AAP leader and in-charge of party’s affairs in Punjab Sanjay Singh.He said that though it was an internal matter of the Congress party and hence very much within its right to appoint anyone in charge of the Punjab party affairs. “However, it appears as if Congress has completely gone bankrupt of choices of finding one clean person with unblemished record to lead the party in Punjab,” he said.
The party seems to have no option but to bank upon tainted or corrupt leaders who are either involved in anti-Sikh massacre or have been jailed by court for land grabbing, said Singh.Punjab BJP leader and assistant media adviser of Punjab Government Vineet Joshi has described the appointment as “unfortunate and disgusting”.“First it was Kamal Nath and now Asha Kumari, who has been sentenced one year jail by court in a case of land grab that too recently. I think they don't have good leaders,” he said.