AAP fields former Congress man Gurpreet Singh Gogi against Bharat Bhushan Ashu

Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, January 17

Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded former Congress leader and party councillor (from ward 76) Gurpreet Singh Gogi from Ludhiana West.

He would be pitted against sitting legislator and Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu. AAP made formal announcement of candidature of Gogi after a meeting here today.

Gogi, a former party councillor and having served as president of the District Congress Committee (Urban) for some time, was till recently the Chairman of the Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation – a political office to which he was appointed by the then CM Capt Amarinder Singh. He had quit the Congress and had joined AAP a couple of days ago in Chandigarh in the presence of state party convener Bhagwant Mann.

After his candidature was announced, Gogi launched a scathing attack on Ashu, saying he would be fighting a battle of truth against “tyranny and high-handedness”.

“I am fighting a war against injustice. During the past 33 years, I had made several sacrifices for the party which unfortunately was undeserving. I am sure that voters of Ludhiana West will settle their scores with Ashu through votes who had been feeding lies and making false promises to them all along,” he said while talking to mediapersons.

Gogi said he would expose scams and misdeeds of the minister with documentary evidence in days to come. Truth must prevail and AAP would continue to strive for safeguarding the rights of people and also to save them from opportunist and selfish leaders.

He assured that for the overall development of the segment, he would follow the Delhi governance model of Kejriwal.

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