Bhagwant Mann: ‘All speculations put to rest’: Bhagwant Mann as AAP govt wins trust vote in Punjab assembly | India News
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) The government won a confidence motion with the Chief Minister in the Punjab Assembly on Friday god value The result put an end to speculation about the party’s instability.The resolution was moved earlier in the day during a special one-day session, days after a setback in the Rajya Sabha in which seven AAP members defected. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).After the motion was passed, Mann hit out at rumors of a split in the party. “All speculations about those who were saying that 65 or 40 MLAs of AAP are leaving have been put to rest today,” he told news agency ANI.He also dismissed Congress’s demand for alcohol testing, taunting the opposition. “There’s no problem raising them,” Mann said.Earlier, while moving the motion, the Chief Minister rejected the claim of internal fissure. “There are rumors that AAP will end and its MLAs will switch sides. Such rumors create an illusion in people’s minds,” he said.Reiterating AAP’s national footprint, Mann said the party continues to have presence in multiple states, citing representation in Punjab, Delhi, Gujarat, Goa and Jammu and Kashmir.The ruling party issued a whip to all its legislators to ensure full attendance during the session.In the 117-member Punjab Assembly, AAP has a commanding majority with 94 MLAs. Congress has 16, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) three, BJP two, BSP one and an independent MLA.The trust vote came against the backdrop of a political setback for AAP on April 24, when seven of its 10 Rajya Sabha members, including Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Harbhajan Singh, resigned and joined the BJP, alleging that the party had deviated from its core principles and values. Six of the defecting MPs are from Punjab.
