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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday removed Preeti Malhotra as the state women wing chief, giving the charge to Amandeep Kaur, who was the state vice-president.

- HT Correspondent

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This came on the day Malhotra staged a protest against the party leadership for "ignoring local workers and promoting leaders from outside".

An order issued by AAP's Punjab in-charge Manish Sisodia and state unit chief Aman Arora read: "Amandeep Kaur has been given the additional responsibility of the state president of the women wing."

Malhotra, a founding member of the AAP in Punjab who had been appointed the state president of the women wing in January 2024, questioned the recent appointment of Delhi AAP spokesperson Reena Gupta as chairperson of the Punjab Pollution Control Board.

She said, "The Delhi AAP is running the show in Punjab, and giving all key posts to people from Delhi while state workers, who have been working hard, are being sidelined."

She said she has taken up the issue with Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann.