Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia today said the exodus of seven Rajya Sabha MPs from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the BJP was long time in the coming and said a large number of AAP legislators would also join the BJP soon.
Reacting to the development during a press conference here, the SAD leader said “AAP came to power on the promise of changing the system but itself got embroiled in corruption and scams. First the founding members of AAP left it. Now leaders like Sandeep Pathak and Raghav Chadha, who were the architects of AAP in Punjab, have also quit the party along with five other MPs”.
Mr Bikram Majithia said a large number of AAP legislators were also likely to join the BJP in the coming days. “The beginning will be made from Jalandhar and Ludhiana and a situation may come in which AAP may become a minority government and fall.
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann may also eventually join the BJP to save his ill gotten wealth, including that which he has transferred to Australia”.Asserting that AAP itself was responsible for this state of affairs, Mr Majithia asked why the chief minister had bestowed Rajya Sabha seats to outsiders.