Punjab polls: Kejriwal still hopeful about Sidhu joining AAP, says "talks on"

New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal believed that Navjot Singh Sidhu should join the Aam Aadmi Party and expected that “the party should get 96 (117) seats in the upcoming Punjab elections. Kejriwal said his wife Sunita will actively take part in campaigning for AAP in the poll-bound state. Speaking to ABP News, the AAP chief said that his party is in consultations with the former BJP leader who had earlier hit out at Kejriwal during his political front launch saying the Delhi CM had asked him to campaign for party and in lieu of which his wife would be made a minister. "When I met Kejriwal I asked him to define my role in the party. Kejriwal wants only yes men. Arrogance in democracy is not acceptable. He also wanted me to be a decoration piece," Sidhu had said in his news conference. Kejriwal is "anarchy in garb of democracy", he also said. Sidhu, who quit his Rajya Sabha seat and the BJP, formed a non-political outfit Awaaz-e-Punjab but is yet to align with any party. Earlier, he was speculated to join the AAP that did not materialize. Meanwhile, Congress, which is seeking to wrest power after a decade of political wilderness, is trying to strengthen its position and also sees Sidhu as an effective campaigner who could add more punch in reaching out to people at a time when AAP is keeping it on tenterhooks. (With PTI inputs)