Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal holds a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and party MLAs from the state at the Kapoorthala House in the national capital. As per the latest update, Mann arrived at the Kapoorthala House in Delhi to meet the former Delhi CM. In the meeting, Kejriwal, along with Mann and MLAs, discussed the Delhi Assembly election results. AAP has claimed that all their Punjab MLAs reached Kapoorthala House.
After the meeting, Mann addressed the media and said that the Punjab government has been working in favour of the people and would continue to do so. He said that huge investment is coming to Punjab and the government will make Punjab the best development model in the country.
Regarding the Delhi polls, he said that all party MLAs of Punjab were here to meet Kejriwal. He said that Kejriwal thanked the MLAs for actively campaigning in favour of the party and winning-losing is part of the electoral politics.
On the meeting of Punjab MLAs and ministers with Kejriwal, BVJP MP Manoj Tiwari said, "Now Arvind Kejriwal wants to become the Chief Minister of Punjab...he is holding meetings. Till now he was not concerned about Punjab, he did not even fulfill the promises made to the people."
The meeting comes two days after the Aam Aadmi Party's rout in Delhi, where the BJP is set to form the government after a gap of more than 26 years. While the BJP won 48 seats in the 70-member House, the AAP secured 22, and the Congress drew a blank in the polls held on February 5.
Before the elections, the entire Punjab unit of AAP, including Mann, Cabinet ministers, MPs and MLAs, aggressively campaigned in Delhi for the AAP nominees. They spoke about the works done in Punjab, including giving 50,000 government jobs, free 300 units of power, opening 850 'Aam Aadmi Clinics' on the lines of Delhi's 'Mohalla Clinics', and buying a private thermal power plant.
Mann, who was the party's star campaigner, took out roadshows in Delhi to showcase his government's works to seek votes for the AAP candidates. The defeat in Delhi has come as a blow for the AAP with the opposition leaders predicting a similar "downfall" for the party in Punjab, where just three of its 13 nominees won the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The AAP stormed to power in Punjab in 2022 by winning 92 seats in the 117-member House.