Bathinda Rural MLA Rupinder Ruby joins Congress after resigning from AAP

Tribune News Service
Bathinda/Chandigarh, November 10

After resigning from the AAP, Bathinda Rural MLA Rupinder Ruby joined the Congress party in the presence of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.

After joining the Congress, Ruby said the real agenda of the Aam Aadmi Party was being followed by the Congress.

She said it was suffocating for her in the AAP as the Punjab AAP was being controlled from Delhi by Arvind Kejariwal. She said she had been demanding Bhagwant Mann should be declared CM face.

She said she was impressed by the performance of the Congress in last 50 days.

Channi said more leaders from the AAP would be joining the Congress.

In a major setback to Aam Aadmi Party, Bathinda Rural MLA Rupinder Kaur Ruby resigned from the primary membership of the party by announcing it on her social media platforms on Tuesday late night. 

In a tweet, Rupinder Kaur Ruby said: “Mr.@ArvindKejriwal ji Convener, AAP & @BhagwantMann ji…This is hereby inform u that I am resigning with immediate effect from the membership of Aam Aadmi Party. Please accept my resignation”.

Speculations were on her resigning from the party for last sometimes as she was not active in party working and even during Arvind Kejriwal recent visit to Bathinda, her photo was missing from the hoardings indicating not all is well between her and the party. 

Hours before her resignation, Rupinder Kaur Ruby had met Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, PPCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu and Congress incharge Harish Choudhary at Chandigarh on Tuesday, setting speculations rolling for her joining Congress in coming days. 

In 2017 polls, AAP had won three seats in Bathinda district, but earlier AAP MLA from Maur, Jagdev Singh Kamalu left party and joined Congress and now second party MLA in the district Rupinder Kaur Ruby has resigned from the party, so now AAP has only one MLA Prof Baljinder Kaur from Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda.