The opposition parties in Punjab takes a jibe at the AAP and said the people of Delhi “exposed the lies and deceit” of the Arvind-Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party.ย
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They lashed out at the Punjab CM Mann government, alleging “misgovernance” and “deceiving voters with false promises.”ย
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BJP leader and Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu mocking Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, says that “itโs now his turn to pack the bags” as the saffron party appears set to return to power in Delhi, dealing a blow to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).ย
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“Bhagwant Mann should now start packing his bags. Today the whole country is celebrating the victory of Delhi’s BJP workers. When the BJP comes to power in Punjab, no one will have to sell their house, property, or land to go abroad. Everyone will get work here. This is Narendra Modi’s vision,” Bittu further added.ย
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Besides Bittu, Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar also took a potshot at the state’s ruling party.ย
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Writing in a post on X, Jakhar stated, “Congratulations to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, National President JP Nadda, and all BJP workers for making Delhi AAP-free under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Due to their hard work, lotus has bloomed in Delhi after 27 years. Now the Prime Minister will have to take up the task of making Punjab AAP-free.”
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“Punjabis are now looking at PM Modi when the atmosphere of fear prevailing in Punjab end under his leadership and people will be able to live in peace”, the post further adds.ย
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Punjab BJP general secretary Subhash Sharma said, “It is a defeat of Arvind Kejriwal’s lies, deceit and dishonesty. People of Delhi today showed that you cannot rule the state for long by making false promises.” He alleged that the AAP and Kejriwal put Delhi into a “miserable” condition.ย
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“It is a lesson for all AAP leaders in Punjab that what they have done to Punjab in the past three years, their condition will be worse than what happened in Delhi,” he said.
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“The downfall of the AAP government in Punjab starts today. The party’s main leader (Kejriwal) is losing. The countdown of the AAP government starts,” Sharma added.
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Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa alleged that the AAP would now “disintegrate” in Punjab.ย
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“There would be an internal power struggle between Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal.” The leader of opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Bajwa alleged that Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and others lost the Delhi assembly seats “due to being neck deep in corruption, non-performance and sheer arrogance.”ย
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BJP leader Preneet Kaur said, “We are happy that BJP is winning.” She said the AAP kept flaunting its ‘Delhi model’ which was far from impressive.
“We have seen that their ‘Aam Aadmi clinics’ did not work here. What they had promised, they did not keep them,” she said.
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Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira said the AAP’s loss in Delhi was a defeat of the “fake revolutionaries” who “literally went back on every promise of theirs like shunning VIP culture, Lokpal, Swaraj, and corruption.” Punjab BJP vice president and former MLA Arvind Khanna asserted that the people of Delhi had overwhelmingly rejected the AAP’s “so-called development model.”ย
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The mandate signalled “the beginning of AAP’s downfall in Punjab as well,” he said.
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Khanna stressed that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, India witnessed multi-faceted growth, making it essential for Punjab to elect a BJP-led government for real progress.