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Knives out as AAP weighs up losses in Punjab, heads to roll
Knives out as AAP weighs up losses in Punjab, heads to roll
Chandigarh: With the ruling Aam Aadmi Party of Punjab suffering defeat in 60 of the 92 Assembly segments represented by its MLAs, the knives are out. Even as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann confined himself to his residence here since yesterday, AAP MLAs and ministers remained engaged in informal discussions on the drubbing faced by the party in the LS elections wherein it won just three of the 13 Lok Sabha seats. Incidentally, the party campaign had centred around CM Mann.
According to information available with The Tribune, a number of party leaders had sensed on the polling day itself that the party would not do well. Many of the leaders had even rushed to Delhi to meet AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal before he surrendered himself on June 2. Though they could not talk to him and express their anguish at the poor show expected, some of them managed to convey their concern to Sandeep Pathak, the party’s chief poll strategist and Rajya Sabha MP, sources said, adding that Kejriwal relies heavily on Pathak, who is now accepted as AAP’s tallest leader in Delhi.
Pathak is expected to reach here by Friday morning, and he along with CM Mann will chair meetings of MLAs from each of the 13 parliamentary constituencies to analyse the reasons for the setback and decide on remedial measures.
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