AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal will hold a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and party MLAs of the state in Delhi today, politics heats up in Punjab

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New Delhi: After the defeat in the assembly elections in Delhi, the next challenge for Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is to retain power in Punjab. In this sequence, Kejriwal has called a meeting of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and all ministers and MLAs in Delhi today. According to Aam Aadmi Party sources, apart from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, there are many MLAs from the border belt who have been angry with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for a long time. The number of MLAs angry with the CM is around 17-18. These angry MLAs can meet Arvind Kejriwal separately. This has heated up the politics of Punjab.

Out of 117 seats in Punjab, AAP has 94 MLAs

According to the information, at present Aam Aadmi Party has 94 MLAs in Punjab. The total number of MLAs in Punjab is 117. Aam Aadmi Party had formed the government in Punjab with a huge majority. Bhagwant, who is considered to be Kejriwal’s confidant, was made the Chief Minister.

Congress has made a big claim about 30 MLAs

Let us tell you that Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has called Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and party MLAs to Delhi amid rumors of defection ahead of the cabinet meeting to be held in Punjab. The meeting to be held on Tuesday is taking place after the state Congress leaders claimed that they are in touch with about 30 AAP MLAs. Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Pratap Singh Bajwa had claimed that more than 30 AAP MLAs have been in touch with his party for almost a year and are ready to change sides.

Cabinet meeting postponed several times

The state cabinet meeting was to be held on February 6 after four months. The meeting was rescheduled for February 10 and then postponed to February 13. Sources said that the agenda of the meeting is not yet known, but Kejriwal will ask the party MLAs to connect with the voters in their respective constituencies as ‘aam aadmi’ and not be influenced by the benefits of power.

At the same time, AAP MP from Anandpur Sahib Malvinder Singh Kang said that this meeting is part of an ongoing process aimed at taking feedback from party leaders so that future strategy can be formulated. This is an organisational meeting to prepare the next strategy as feedback is being taken from all party units to formulate future strategy.