Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi replaces Sucha Singh Chhotepur as AAP's Punjab convenor

Aam Aam Party on Sunday appointed political satirist and actor Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi as the party’s Punjab convenor in place of Sucha Singh Chhotepur, who was removed from the post after a video clip surfaced showing him allegedly taking bribes in exchange for poll tickets.

The political affairs committee of the party cleared Ghuggi’s name for the post, a party release said in Chandigarh, adding that he will take charge soon.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday sent a notice to Sucha Singh Chhotepur. With the sacked leader drawing support from many in the party's Punjab unit, the AAP made it clear that violating party discipline would invite "strict action".

The party's six parliamentary zonal coordinators in Punjab have recently passed a resolution in support of Chhotepur.

The AAP had recently constituted a two-member probe panel, headed by its Rajouri Garden (Delhi) MLA and Punjab co-ordinator Jarnail Singh and head of the grievance cell Jasbir Singh Bir, to look into the allegations against Chhotepur, who has maintained that in his 40-year-long political career, he has "never taken money from anyone".

"We have sought Chhotepur's reply after which the next course of action would be decided. We will take a decision in this regard shortly," Jarnail told a press conference in the presence of Bir and the party's legal cell head Himmat Singh Shergill.

When reminded that a probe panel was formed earlier as well which had found Chhotepur "corrupt" and demanded that he be shown the door, Singh said, "I am heading the committee now. No one will face injustice."