INDIA, April 25 -- The Congress got a major boost in Bathinda parliamentary constituency on Thursday with sitting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Nazar Singh Manshahia joining the party.
The 56-year engineering graduate from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College had won the 2017 Assembly elections from Mansa, polling about 40% votes, and Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said his joining would further strengthen the Congress, which was riding a wave of strong public mood in its favour.
Welcoming him on board, the chief minister said like-minded people from other parties, who had the interest of the state at heart, were joining the Congress in Punjab in large numbers. It was a clear sign of complete disillusionment within AAP, which had lost i...