DW BUREAU/ Moga (Punjab) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Punjab's Raikot Jagtar Singh Jagga joined the Congress here on Thursday, in a move that is being seen as a setback to the main opposition party in the state months before the assembly polls. Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu welcomed Jagga into the party fold. To AAP's embarrassment, Jagga during the Punjab Assembly session earlier this month had crossed the floor of the House and joined the treasury benches as he called Channi, an "aam aadmi" (common man), fuelling speculation that he may join the Congress. Earlier this month, another AAP MLA from Punjab, Rupinder Kaur Ruby, had joined the Congress. Meanwhile, at another event, Channi launched a scathing attack against AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal saying the Delhi CM nurtured a desire to rule Punjab and was therefore trying to mislead Punjabis. "Kejriwal is not even aware of the state's basic topography," he told the gathering at a local grain market here. Channi also slammed the Badals of the Shiromani Akali Dal saying they had ruthlessly plundered the state. "The Badals are connected to every misdeed against Punjab. They will have to pay for their acts against the state and its people," he said, adding cable, drugs, sand and transport mafia thrived under their misrule. (editor@dailyworld.in)