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51. Suspended Punjab AAP MPs to
Kejriwal
Hold talks or expel us
Fatehgarh Sahib MP Harinder
Singh Khalsa said AAP is intentionally ignoring
them.
Written by Divya Goyal |
Ludhiana | Published:February 26, 2016 9:20 am
On his second tour to
Punjab since Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suspended its
two MPs for “anti-party activities”, party’s
national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has yet not
tried to reach out to Patiala MP Dr Dharamvir
Gandhi and Fatehgarh Sahib MP Harinder Singh
Khalsa for “reconciliation talks”.
AAP had suspended the two
MPs in August last after they had attended a
rally organised by sacked disciplinary committee
chief Dr Daljit Singh at the Rakhar Puniya fair
in Baba Bakala in Amritsar. Though the duo were
issued showcause notices, they were not
expelled.
On Thursday, as Kejriwal
reached Punjab, the suspended MPs dared him to
either speak to them if he believed in democracy
or expel them without a hearing. “Either expel
us or revoke suspension orders. Let a final
decision be taken and end the unnecessary tiff
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Accusing Kejriwal of
doublespeak and having a dictatorial attitude,
the MPs said “on the one hand AAP leaders like
Sucha Singh Chhotepur and Sanjay Singh have
issued statements welcoming back suspended MPs,
on the other hand, Kejriwal has not even given
them a chance to present their side since
suspension”.
Speaking to The Indian
Express, Patiala MP Gandhi said, “There has been
no invite for talks as of now. Chhotepur says in
the media that he wants suspended MPs back and
that AAP should be united. But this is not what
it looks like. It is for second time Kejriwal is
in Punjab but he has not made any effort to
contact us. AAP, like any other party, has no
agenda as of now on how they are going to tackle
farmer suicides, drugs, agriculture issues and
industrial problems in Punjab. Meeting people is
not going to solve any problem. Kejriwal is
again fishing in troubled waters here, as he did
in October when sacrilege incidents had
happened. It is the leaders of Punjab who need
power to take a decision for 2017 but he is
taking affairs in his own hands.”
Fatehgarh Sahib MP Harinder
Singh Khalsa said AAP is intentionally ignoring
them.
“Give statements in media
that you want us back but do not approach us
even once. This is hypocrisy by Kejriwal and his
team. He can come to Punjab to meet people but
cannot spare an hour for his own MPs who led AAP
to crucial victory in 2014. He avoids me because
I ask uncomfortable questions. I dare Kejriwal
to expel us now. Six months is too long a time
and we have not even been given a single chance
to present our side. It is better to part ways,”
said Khalsa.
Trying to fix meeting of
Kejriwal, suspended MPs
State convenor Sucha Singh
Chhotepur said no meeting of Kejriwal with the
suspended MPs is planned as of now but that he
is “trying” to fix one “I have no ego and I am
personally ready to contact both. But whenever I
have done that, they have spoken against
Kejriwal making matters worse. As of now,
Kejriwal has no plans to meet them.”
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