AAP suspends singer Jassi Jasraj for anti-party activities
Popular Punjabi singer and Aam Aadmi Party leader was on Friday suspended by the party for indulging in "anti-party activities".
Popular Punjabi singer and Aam Aadmi Party leader was on Friday suspended by the party for indulging in "anti-party activities". The decision comes just days after AAP MP from Sangrur constituency, Bhagwant Mann, said the party will start finalising candidates for the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections soon.
In Delhi party leader Sanjay Singh said: "He was not following the party high command." AAP's Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur also said in a press release that Jasraj had been barred for six years. It stated that Jasraj was warned many times to work in favour of the party but he continued to make defamatory comments against the top leadership. "Jasraj paid no attention to this advice and party took a step to restore discipline," Chhotepur added.
AAP said Jasraj was conducting parallel programs without getting permission from leadership or volunteers. He has also issued videos on social media against party seniors for some decisions he did not like. Chhotepur was quoted as saying that Jasraj had been warned on several occasions to 'mend his ways'.
A close friend of Jasraj, however, said the AAP leader was against the party inducting people with questionable integrity and had made his opinion publicly known to his leaders. "He had opposed the idea of bringing Manpreet Badal, who he had fought against in Lok Sabha elections of 2014. Jasraj had posted a YouTube video criticising the party's decision. That video was viewed by more than one lakh people."
Only few months ago, Jasraj had said Punjabis staying abroad will be home in large numbers before the 2017 elections "to support the AAP and ensure that Punjab doesn't lose". He had claimed that the NRI support to his party was increasing.
The Punjabi singer, also known as Karan Jasbir and Jasbir Singh Longia, had on April 2 asked voters to resist the allurement of money, liquor and drugs. He was the AAP candidate from Bathinda in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections but lost.
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