Once a loyalist of former MP Pawan Kumar Bansal, Chhabra had switched from the Congress to the Aam Aadmi Party in 2021 and was appointed president of the Punjab Large Industrial Development Board in January 2023.
During AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s rally in Chandigarh on Sunday, AAP women councillors were seen “pushing aside” four-time Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal while jostling for space on the stage to get clicked with Priyanka
A four-time Member of Parliament from Chandigarh, Bansal was a strong contender for the ticket this time but had lost out to Tewari. Upset over this, he has been staying away from Tewari’s campaign.
Following the meeting, the leaders, majority of whom have strong grassroots connection, assured Manish Tewari of full support for the party’s victory in the June 1 Lok Sabha election
AICC Chandigarh in-charge Rajeev Shukla visited four-time MP Pawan Kumar Bansal at his residence in Sector 28, where he coaxed him to actively participate in party candidate Manish Tewari’s Lok Sabha poll campaign