293. AAP split wide open, parallel rallies held at Rakhar Puniya fair

AAP’s Punjab convenor Sucha Singh Chottepur alleged that the rally attended by Gandhi and Khalsa was sponsored by the Akalis.

Written by KAMALDEEP SINGH BRAR | Baba Bakala (amritsar) | Updated:

August 30, 2015 Sufi singer Rabbi Shergill (third from left) and Patiala MP Dharamvir Gandhi (fourth from left) at the rebel AAP rally on Saturday. (Source: Express photo by Rana Simranjit Singh)

There were two rallies under the Aam Aadmi Party banner at the Rakhar Puniya fair in Baba Bakala in Amritsar district on Saturday but only one of them was “official”.

Before they were suspended on Saturday evening, AAP MPs Harinder Singh Khalsa and Dharamvir Gandhi were part of a rally held almost simultaneously with the official rally led by AAP MPs Bhagwant Mann and Sadhu Singh.

AAP’s Punjab convenor Sucha Singh Chottepur alleged that the rally attended by Gandhi and Khalsa was sponsored by the Akalis. “The local Akali MLA not only had to make arrangements for the SAD rally but he was also responsible to make arrangements for the rally organised by some miscreants under a fake AAP banner.” The road leading to the Gandhi and Khalsa rally, had posters of all four MPs and Arvind Kejriwal.

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 “If they have organised the rally, then they should have not used pictures of Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann and Sadhu Singh. Even by doing so, they have failed in gathering a crowd. Kejriwal is supreme. Whoever attempts to cross Kejriwal, will damage their own political career,” Chhotepur said.

In the ‘parallel’ rally, Khalsa alleged corruption in the party. “Money power has been used to get positions in the party. Elected MPs are not being consulted in decisions. We will attempt to expose this to Kejriwal,” he said.
Bhagwant Maan and Sadhu Singh did not comment on the parallel rally and instead trained their guns on the SAD government.

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