Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today attacked Manpreet Badal, who joined Congress by merging his party, saying the estranged nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal "shook hands" with a party which was accused of big scandals like 2G, coal scams.
It also rubbished the reported claims of Manpreet that AAP had approached him to come into party fold.
Former Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal had yesterday announced to join Congress by merging his outfit People's Party of Punjab (PPP) in Delhi.
"He (Manpreet Badal) has joined the party which has set records in scams like 2G scam, coal scam etc. He joined the party which had even attacked the Golden Temple-the worship place for Sikhs," AAP, Punjab Convener, Sucha Singh Chottepur said today.
"Earlier, he used to see vision for Punjab in Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and now he sees vision in Congress party," he said.
Chottepur also slammed the PPP founder for reportedly saying that AAP lacked vision to end corruption, unemployment, drug menace.
"He does not need to care about us. We know what we wish to do for the betterment of Punjab. But we will certainly not do what they (Congress) had done," he said while taking a jibe at Manpreet.
AAP, aiming to repeat their historic win of Delhi polls in 2017 Punjab assembly polls, has vision to bring change in the state by ending corruption, drug menace, stopping exodus of industry and save farming community.
"Our struggle is to end corruption, drug abuse, to bail out farmers from crisis and promote industry which is completely in bad shape at present. We are simple men and belonged to simple families unlike him (Manpreet Badal)," he said.
Chottepur said AAP never approached Manpreet to join the party. "As far as I know AAP never approached Manpreet to join us. If he had approached himself, then I don't know," he said.
Manpreet, who was the state Finance minister in 2010, had quit the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal after differences with his uncle Parkash Singh Badal and cousin Sukhbir Singh Badal, and floated his own party PPP.
