In the conversation, Mann is heard telling Gandhi that he won because of his celebrity status and not because of AAP's 'broom' symbol and that people working against them have been made the incharge of the state unit.
"Those who worked against us. Those who expressed sorrow at our victory have been made our incharges," Mann is heard saying.
Acknowledging the chat, Gandhi said Mann "spoke" his heart out. The conversation took a day before Arvind Kejriwal took oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi in February, he said.
"My phone does not have any facility to record," he said.
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"This is a result of dirty politics and is being done to stem the rise of AAP in Punjab. We are basically saying (during the chat) that if there is groupism in the party's Punjab unit we should inform Delhi," he told reporters.
"The content of the chat is of no consequence here. It's a
petty issue. But the larger story is how the Centre is resorting to such tactics against MPs. There should be an inquiry over this," AAP spokesperson Deepak Bajpai said.