The meeting took stock of the current situation in the state and also reviewed the performance of party candidates in the last assembly elections. Notably, the PLC failed to win a single seat in Punjab in the last elections. The Aam Aadmi Party returned to power by winning 92 of the 117 assembly seats in the state. Congress won 18, SAD 3, PLC’s ally BJP 2 and BSP 1. An independent also won. Singh said, while the people of Punjab had voted overwhelmingly for the Aam Aadmi Party with high hopes, “there is already a feeling of disillusionment against the government more than expected”. “The AAP government has not only backed down on many promises and promises, but has also hurt the pride of Punjabis by usurping their power and rights,” he alleged. “Punjabi will never tolerate an outsider like Arvind Kejriwal running the government from Delhi,” Singh said. He narrated how “Kaijriwal was organizing meetings of Punjab officials in Delhi and issuing orders to them”. “It is unconstitutional and unacceptable,” he said, adding, “the way Kejriwal is running the government, he will bring down Punjab.” Responding to demands from party leaders that he should start traveling across the state, Amarinder said, he would soon announce his state-wide schedule.
He said that in the first round he would visit all the district headquarters and then the assembly constituencies. Addressing the meeting, BJP state general secretary Subhash Sharma said though the BJP-PLC alliance could not win many seats, a strong foundation has already been laid. He said, while the immediate focus will certainly be on municipal elections which are now due in less than a year, the alliance will be a formidable force in the 2024 general elections. He predicted that the 2024 elections in Punjab would be mainly on the margins between the BJP-PLC alliance and the Aam Aadmi Party between the Congress and the Akalis.
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