He had spoken against expulsion of Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan.
The Congress appeared to have bounced back in the state's political landscape after suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of the AAP in the 2022 Punjab assembly polls.
'The Opposition parties will continue to woo Chandrababu Naidu even though he has said he will support the BJP.'
Aam Aadmi Party candidate Dharamvira Gandhi who defeated Union minister Preneet Kaur from Patiala on Saturday said growing anger against the ruling SAD on various fronts and disillusionment with Congress had gone in favour of the fledgling outfit.
The PAC expressed its concern over anti-party activities indulged in by Gandhi and Khalsa. Both have been involved in the activities of certain outfits, opposed to aims and objectives of the AAP.
Arvind Kejriwal led-Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday released the second list of candidates for the upcoming General Elections.
Swarajya Abhiyan has been campaigning on varied issues, ranging from agriarian crisis to corruption.
Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who joined the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha election, lost to Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib constituency in Bihar by 2.84 votes.
The rebel leader has been a vocal critic of AAP leadership since he was removed as leader of opposition in Punjab assembly in July last year.
The decision has been taken as it would lead to opening another front, diverting the party's energy from the campaign, AAP sources said.
Ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress won one seat each in the bypolls to Patiala (urban) and Talwandi Sabo Assembly seats on Monday but the Aam Aadmi Party finished a poor third.
The dissident group in the Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday announced its future course of action, including a National Convenor of the "movement" and taking out a country-wide Swaraj Yatra.
Aam Aadmi Party rebels Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday stopped short of announcing the creation of a new political outfit even as they said they were starting a new "movement" while slamming the lack of scope for dialogue within the Arvind Kejriwal-led party.
Opposition parties ask the government to listen to the concern of the intellectuals returning awards.
Activist Yogendra Yadav, who was detained on Monday night from a farmer protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, was dragged by police officers as he tried to interact with the media.
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