Jakhar’s ‘distraught’ dig at Mann, AAP hits back

State BJP chief Sunil Jakhar today took a swipe at CM Bhagwant Mann after his meeting with AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi, saying he seemed “so distraught”.

Kejriwal today held a meeting with Mann, Punjab ministers and party MLAs at Kapurthala House in Delhi amid speculation about internal dissension in the AAP state unit. In a post on X, Jakhar said, “After AAP’s humiliating defeat in Delhi, while all sorts of political kite-flying about the fate of the Punjab CM is going on, at least one thing can be said with certainty that whatever transpired in Kapurthala House today, it did nothing to soothe the frayed nerves of CM @BhagwantMann. While interacting with the media afterwards, he seemed so distraught that ‘chutkule sunana to dur, aaj bolte hue unke apne sur, taal mel nahin kha rahe they’.”

Lashing out at Jakhar over his statement, AAP leader Neel Garg said someone whose own future was uncertain should not be concerned about others. “Sunil Jakhar’s situation is like ‘Na ghar da, na ghat da’. No one in the BJP is paying attention to him. He is not even invited to party meetings,” said Garg, spokesperson, Punjab AAP.

Jakhar had resigned from the post of Punjab BJP president and his resignation was accepted. Later, he had to beg the leadership to get it cancelled, claimed Garg.

The AAP leader said, “No matter what Jakhar does, his dream of becoming CM will never be fulfilled. His dream was not realised in Congress, it won’t be realised in the BJP either.”