AAP to host another fund-raising dinner in Bathinda on March 17
BATHINDA: Encouraged by the success of the earlier fundraising dinner here in January, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to host another dinner on March 17.
This was disclosed by the party’s central observer for Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency Romi Bhati.
However, the charges per person for having dinner with party leaders have been doubled from ` 5,000 to ` 10,000 for this event.
The party’s zonal media incharge Neel Garg who, along with a five-member committee, would oversee the arrangements for the event, said they were yet to finalise the venue.
He said senior leaders, including in-charge of Punjab affairs Sanjay Singh, national organistaion building head Durgesh Pathak, Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann, state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur and other leaders would take part in the event. “Like in the earlier event, leaders would listen to views of participants and talk about the party’s perspective on these issues,” said Garg.
Earlier, the party had held the fund-raiser dinner in a hotel on the Bathinda- Barnala bypass on January 12. The party had then collected ` 10 lakh from as many as 157 participants. “Fund- raiser dinner will be held in Patiala on March 16 and in Amritsar on March 18,” said Garg.
‘PARIVAR JODO’ CAMPAIGN IN LAMBI CONSTITUENCY
Meanwhile, stor ming the Shiromani Akali Dal ( SAD) bastion in the Lambi assembly segment in Muktsar, represented by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, AAP volunteers on Sunday visited households in villages under the assembly segment.
As many as 72 teams ( each team comprising a least 20 volunteers) visited the households as part of the ‘ Parivar Jodo’ campaign.