Having joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal yesterday, former Congress MLA Sushil Rinku was announced as the party’s candidate for the Jalandhar bypoll this afternoon.

Rinku addressed the media seated next to his alleged bete noire Sheetal Angural, AAP’s Jalandhar (West) MLA. A three-hour delay in the media event was reportedly caused by the duo’s initial reluctance to appear together. However, according to sources, senior party leaders spent hours persuading them, following which they buried the hatchet.