Chandigarh AAP general secretary Satish Machal joins Congress

CHANDIGARH: Congress

Lok Sabha

candidate from Chandigarh Pawan Kumar Bansal challenged BJP MP Kirron Kher for an open debate on development issues in the union territory. He said he will expose Kher on how the metro project introduced by him in the city got scuttled by her.


The former Union minister was addressing a gathering at Congress Bhawan in Sector 35 where city (Aam Aadmi Party) AAP general secretary

Satish Machal

and a dozen others joined the Congress.

The new entrants were welcomed into the party fold by Bansal and state Congress president Pardeep Chhabra.

The others who joined the party are Manimajra Beopar Mandal president Malkit Singh, Narinder Kumar and others. Sharing his thoughts on joining the Congress, Machal, said he had worked very hard for the AAP, but the party did not value his services which made him join the Congress.

He added that he is hopeful of getting the Daddumajra dumping ground issue solved while being associated with the Congress. TNN