Trashing the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) allegations that opposition MLAs were offered money and plum posts to switch over to the Congress, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday said that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party was frustrated over its failure in garnering support in the State and indulging in gimmickry.
Capt Amarinder asked why the Congress would buy opposition MLAs when it already has a majority in the State Assembly. “It’s a case of sheer frustration over AAP’s complete failure to mop up support and keep the party intact in Punjab,” he said.
“AAP has completely lost its narrative in Punjab, and was reduced to indulging in all kinds of gimmickry and fabrications in a desperate bid to retain some semblance of being a serious party,” he added.
The Chief Minister said that hurling false accusations at the Congress party was not going to help AAP regain lost ground.
Notaby, AAP’s state unit president and Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann had, a day before, alleged that the Congress had been offering up to Rs 10 crore and plum posts to AAP MLAs in the State to make them switch over to the Congress before the polling for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.
Mann’s statement came a day after AAP’s rebel MLA from Mansa Nazar Singh Mansahia, who has been supporting the election campaign of party’s another rebel legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira who has floated his own party Punjab Ekta Party (PEP) and is contesting elections from Bathinda, left the party to join the Congress.