Sulking Cong leaders Jagmeet, Sathi meet Kejriwal in Delhi

Kulwinder Sandhu

Tribune News Service

Moga, February 12

Senior Congress leader Jagmeet Singh Brar and former MLA Vijay Sathi met Aam Admi Party (AAP) leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in New Delhi earlier this week and discussed the political scene in Punjab ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections.

Brar had praised the AAP leadership for drawing a massive crowd at the Megha rally in Muktsar on January 14, much to the chagrin of Congress leaders. More recently, he had posted comments against PCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh for his decision to boycott the Khadoor Sahib byelection.

Sathi claimed that the meeting with the AAP leaders was not a formal one. On whether he or Jagmeet were keen on joining AAP, he said: " We are and will remain with the Congress.”

A senior AAP leader said that Sukhpal Khaira, former PPCC spokesman, who recently joined AAP, had "manipulated" a meeting between Kejriwal and Jagmeet by inviting them to a party hosted by him.

While introducing Jagmeet and Sathi to Kejriwal, Khaira praised the two for their leadership qualities. Kejriwal reportedly thanked Brar for speaking well of AAP on the social media. Thereafter, he asked Jagmeet to join AAP along with his supporters even as Khaira promised him "due respect" in the party.

Jagmeet and Sathi have been sulking for quite some time giving rise to speculation that they may join AAP ahead of the Assembly elections in early 2017.

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