Manpreet Badal's People’s Party of Punjab merges with Cong

Chandigarh: Running out of options, the People's Party of Punjab, headed by Manpreet Singh Badal, has merged his political outfit with the Congress. The PPP failed to make the cut in the 2012 elections with not a single MLA elected to the assembly, including Manpreet, who lost badly in the two constituencies he had contested. Nowhere to go with the 2017 elections hovering over his head, he initiated talks with Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh, soon after he took over. However, his close aide, Gurpreet Singh Bhatti persuaded him to join the AAP. As he faced stiff resistance from leaders of the Kejri-party, he was forced to join Congress. He unwillingly relented to merge with the national party and accept 4-5 tickets for himself and his supporters.