Jalandhar by-election: Kashyap Rajput society extends their support to the AAP

AAP gets big boost ahead of by-poll, Sushil Rinku has support of every community

Jalandhar: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got a massive boost ahead of Jalandhar by-poll scheduled for May 10th. On Sunday, in the presence of Cabinet Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa and AAP leader Baltej Singh Pannu, Kashyap Rajput society extended their support to the AAP candidate Sushil Kumar Rinku and promised to go door to door to campaign in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party.

Speaking on the occasion, Jathedar Sukhbir Singh Shalimar, president of Kashyap Rajput society, said that Akali-Congress only looted Punjab for 70 years, it was the Aam Aadmi Party who showed through their development works that it was not the ‘khali khazana’ stopping the previous governments but it was lack of good intentions. He added that the Kashyap society is a poor society and needs special attention. After elections, they will work together with the AAP government for the upliftment of their society. He said that Congress and Akali leaders always ignored marginalized groups of society but only the Aam Aadmi Party wants to develop every section of society through education and equal opportunities.

Addressing the gathering influential leader Rachhpal Singh Raju said that even parties like BSP has forgotten the mission of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar and joined hands with Akali dal who are accused of corruption and patronizing drug peddlers. He said, we’re supporting a party which is working on the ideology of Baba Saheb and fulfilling its guarantees.

Addressing the press here, Brahm Shankar Jimpa said that it is the success of Arvind Kejriwal’s school of politics and our ‘politics of work’ is winning. With the support of Kashyap Rajput society we have become stronger. Now Sushil Kumar Rinku will win this seat with the support of every section of society and he’ll represent every section in Parliament too.

The prominent present leaders were Jathedar Sukhbir Singh Shalimar, president, Thekedar Ranjit Singh, vice president, Karamjit Singh Tajpuri, president BC federation, Darshan Singh, Rakesh Kashyap, general secretary, Dr Daljit Singh, Sella Khurd, and from Kashyap Rajput maha sabha Jalandhar Chairman Paramjit Singh Thekedar, Charanjit Singh and Davinder Singh Fauzi, from Kartarpur Surinder Babbu, Jagjit Singh, Raman Kumar and Narinder Singh. Apart from them, Parwinder Singh, Rohit Kumar, Saurav Kumar, Amrinder Singh, Jasvir Singh, Ranbir Singh Rana, Harish Kashyap and Karamjit Singh also extended their support to AAP candidate Sushil Kumar Rinku.