AAP to fare better in LS polls this time, says Mann; dubs PDA as 'Personal Democratic Alliance

The Aam Aadmi Party's Lok Sabha poll performance in Punjab will be better this time compared to the 2014 elections, claimed party MP Bhagwant Mann, while dubbing the Punjab Democratic Alliance as 'Personal Democratic Alliance'.

The Punjab Democratic Alliance (PDA) includes the Punjabi Ekta Party (PEP) and the Navan Punjab led by suspended AAP leaders Sukhpal Singh Khaira and Dharamvira Gandhi respectively, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Lok Insaaf Party, the CPI, and Revolutionary Marxist Party of India.

The alliance has fielded candidates in nine of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.

Alleging that the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was facing public anger over the 2015 sacrilege incidents and subsequent police firings, and the Congress was reneging on its poll promises, Mann claimed that Punjab voters will support AAP, the state's principal opposition party, in the general elections.

The 45-year-old MP from Sangrur said, "Our performance in the Lok Sabha polls will be better than the last general elections. I will not talk about the number of seats, but it is certain that we will come out stronger."