Jalandhar-based industrialist Nitin Kohli joins AAP   

Industrialist Nitin Kohli joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday in the presence of senior party leader Manish Sisodia in Punjab's Jalandhar district.

Following his induction into the party, Kohli replaced MLA Raman Arora as halqa in-charge of the Jalandhar Central Assembly constituency.

Sisodia, who is the AAP's Punjab in-charge, made the announcement while welcoming Kohli into the party.

It is a matter of happiness that Punjab's industrialists while keeping faith in the AAP's governance stand shoulder to shoulder with the party, he told reporters in Jalandhar.

Arora was arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau last week for allegedly indulging in corruption in connivance with an official of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation.

Referring to Arora's arrest, Sisodia said it was unfortunate that the party MLA broke the trust of people, who sent him to the Vidhan Sabha by ensuring his victory from the Jalandhar Central Assembly constituency in 2022.

He said it is only the Aam Aadmi Party which does not spare anyone found indulging in corrupt practices.

It is the policy of the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab that whosoever does wrong will not be spared, Sisodia told reporters in Jalandhar.