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Former BJP MLA Sukhpal Singh Nannu joins AAP
by Amrit Pal Singh Brar
Chandigarh, May 21, 2024: Former BJP MLA Sukhpal Singh Nannu has joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He was welcomed into the party fold by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Bathinda. Darshan Singh Kotfatta, former SAD MLA from Bathinda rural also joined AAP.
Two-time MLA from Punjab’s Ferozepur Sukhpal Singh Nannu left BJP in 2021 in protest against the Centre's three farm laws.
Nannu had won the Assembly elections on a BJP ticket in 2002 and 2007. However, he lost the two subsequent elections in 2012 and 2017.