Given the top AAP leaders’ tough stand and Chhotepur’s blistering attack on Arvind Kejriwal, his expulsion is a mere formality. For once, the action against Chhotepur has exposed the Punjabi versus outsiders faultline dogging the AAP. LOSING SIKH FACEA prominent Sikh face of the AAP in Punjab, Chhotepur has been active in state politics for three decades. It would add to a burgeoning list of Punjab leaders who have fallen out with AAP. Also read | Punjab AAP leaders want Chhotepur sacked, write to KejriwalBelow: Chhotepur’s press conference as broadcast by him on Facebook (most of the conversation is in Punjabi or Hindi)

Source: Hindustan Times August 26, 2016 12:39 UTC