Maybe he sees a better future in AAP,

CHANDIGARH: "Khaira's father was my associate and he (Sukhpal) is like my son.

A day after former Congress spokesperson Sukhpal Singh Khaira joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday welcomed a new group of leaders to

Apart from AAP members from MP Bhagwant Mann's constituency, Sangrur, leaders of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), including a former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member, also joined the Congress in Amarinder's presence here on Saturday. Apart from AAP members from MP Bhagwant Mann's constituency, Sangrur, leaders of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), including a former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member, also joined the Congress in Amarinder's presence here on Saturday. Reacting to Khaira's charge that his contributions in Congress were not acknowledged, Amarinder and Tewari recounted going to his house in 1998 as Punjab Congress and All India Youth Congress presidents, respectively Replaying to another question, Amarinder rubbished Khaira's charge that he was 'hand in glove' with the Badals. "If that was true, why should I be having to go to court hearings every week? I have zero contact with him. In fact, I never got along with him even 25 years ago. Sukhbir was studying abroad at that time," he said. He claimed that he had falsely been implicated by the Badals in two cases and had been fighting in court for nine years.