CHANDIGARH: Sucha Singh Chhotepur was sacked as the Aam Aadmi Party's Punjab convener after allegations of seeking bribe for allotting party tickets were made against him. Highest decision-making body of the party, the Political Affairs Committee took the decision during a meeting at AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence. They, however, did not sack Chhotepur from the party.
MP Bhagwant Mann said the decision on Chhotepur was taken in a specially convened meeting regarding 10 emails that were received by the leadership saying Chhotepur had promised party tickets in lieu of money. Chhotepur had earlier "accepted the money to run party affairs" as he had not received a single penny from the party. He was exposed through a sting operation.
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh described the 65 year old as an "honorable and respectful" man. "The sting operation has clearly been conceived, planned and executed as part of an internal coup engineered by AAP leaders from outside who want to control Punjab through remote by using their local stooges and inconsequential wannabe leaders."
"Kejriwal has a history and character of using and throwing away people. He did it with his mentor Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi, Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan and Chhotepur is only the next and not the last in line," Amarinder said. He added that two AAP MPs from Punjab, Dharamvira Gandhi and Harinder Khalsa, were also suspended from the AAP for questioning the AAP leadership style.
