Congress’s Chabbewal constituency in-charge Kulwinder Singh Rasulpuri joins AAP
Former MLA Chaudhary Ram Charan’s grandson Gurpreet Singh also joins the AAP
CM Mann formally welcomes both leaders into the party
Punjab Newsline, Hoshiarpur/Chandigarh, November 2-
The AAP received a significant boost for the Chabbewal Assembly by-election, while dealing Congress a major setback. On Saturday, Kulwinder Singh Rasulpuri, the constituency in-charge for Congress in Chabbewal, and Gurpreet Singh, the grandson of former MLA Chaudhary Ram Charan, joined AAP.
CM Bhagwant Mann, with Hoshiarpur MP Dr. Rajkumar Chabbewal, formally welcomed both leaders into the party.Kulwinder Singh Rasulpuri had been associated with the Congress party for about 35 years. He was promised a ticket by the Congress party for the by-election after Dr. Rajkumar Chabbewal left the party, but Congress didn’t fulfill its promise. Disappointed, he left the Congress to join the AAP. He served as the Vice President of the Punjab Congress Trading Cell and as Vice president of the District Congress Committee Hoshiarpur. He was also the president of the Sarpanch Union in the Mahilpur block for 20 years. Him joining AAP is a major blow to the Congress party.