BJP, AAP, SAD youth join Congress

CHANDIGARH: On Sunday, more than half a dozen youth belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (

AAP

) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) joined the Congress in the presence of Congress

Lok Sabha

candidate and former Union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and state Congress president Pardeep Chhabra at Congress Bhawan in Sector 35.



The newcomers are identified as AAP's youth wing president Brij Pal from ward No 23, Manoj of BJP from the same ward, Tony from ward No 25, Manjit from ward No 16, Ashish from ward No 8 and SAD youth president Ankur and vice-president Kuldeep.

Bansal said on coming to power, the Congress government will provide the much needed employment to young people. Nyuntam Aay Yojna, the minimum income guarantee scheme, will uplift the poor, he added.