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AAP appoints Jarnail Sing as Punjab joint in-charge

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Aam Aadmi Party today appointed its Rajouri Garden MLA Jarnail Singh as its Punjab joint in-charge, a duty which is being singly performed by Mehrauli legislator Naresh Yadav, who was arrested in a Quran desecration case.

AAP spokesperson Deepak Bajpai said that Yadav was not being removed from his post. Singh will work alongside Yadav as joint in-charge and Punjab spokesperson, he said.

"Congratulations Rajouri Garden MLA Jarnail Singh on being made the joint in-charge and spokesperson in Punjab," Sanjay Singh, who is in-charge of AAP's Punjab affairs said.

AAP is locked in a triangular fight against the BJP-SAD alliance and Congress in the state which goes to polls next year. It released its second list of candidates today.

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First Published: Aug 18 2016 | 10:48 PM IST

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