Summary:
Chandigarh, Jan 18 (PTI) SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said making Bhagwant Mann as the chief ministerial face reflected the “complete bankruptcy” of the Aam Aadmi Party.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader also called Mann as a “dummy face”, alleging that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would be the “real face” of the AAP in the state.
Badal was reacting to the announcement of AAP declaring Mann as the chief ministerial face for the February 20 Assembly polls.
Earlier in the day, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal had announced the results of the party"s "Janta Chunegi Apna CM" drive, in which it had asked the people of Punjab who should be its choice for the top post.
On the other hand, Punjab Minister and Congress leader Raj Kumar Verma dubbed the AAP"s exercise to pick up its CM face as farce, saying people of Punjab won’t be befooled with this as they have already made up their mind to bring back the Congress to power.
Badal, meanwhile, said the AAP has fallen back on “compromised” candidate Bhagwant Mann as no one was ready to lead the party in Punjab.