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Ashwani Kumar Sharma talks to ‘The Indian Express’ about the training camps the BJP recently held for its leaders, former ally Akali Dal, the AAP government, and the party’s plans in Punjab.
The Punjab BJP organised a training camp for its state committee leaders last week in Bathinda, which is the heart of the Malwa region. The party earlier was in alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) led by the Badals and had little presence in the state’s southwestern part.
State BJP president Ashwani Kumar Sharma, the MLA from Pathankot, talks to The Indian Express about why the party won’t get revive its alliance with the SAD, what it hopes to achieve through such training camps, and what he sees as the failings of the Aam Aadmi Party-led (AAP) government.
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The BJP recently organised a training camp for its state leadership. What was the idea behind it?
We have organised two camps in two months. The first one was a two-day camp held in the last week of May in Chandigarh. The other one was from July 27 to July 29 in Bathinda. This is a routine for the BJP to organise such camps for state leaders and also for the new senior leaders who have joined our party in the recent past.
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