Aam Adami Party May Join Forces With Punjab’s “Failed” PPP For LS Poll

CHANDIGARH – The Aam Adami Party (APP) is probing the possibilityof an alliance with the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP). Sources said seniorleaders of the AAP had been gathering feedback about the standing of thePPP in the state and the acceptability of its leaders among people.Though formally nothing has been decided yet, sources said senior leadersof the APP recently held informal talks with top PPP leaders.PPP president Manpreet Singh Badal said there had been no formal meetingsbetween leaders both the parties to form an alliance or make any politicalarrangement in the state. He said he was busy making preparations tohold political conferences at the Shaheedi Jor Mela in Fatehgarh Sahib andthe Maghi Mela in Muktsar.Manpreet, however, said there were many similaritiesbetween the political ideology of the APP and the PPP.“Our party was the first to raise the banner of protest against the ‘lal bati’culture. We have been constantly speaking against the VIP treatment topoliticians,” he said. Earlier before the Vidhan Sabha elections in the state,there was also talk of a tie-up between the two parties.