Those who met Congress general secretary KC Venugopal in Delhi and expressed willingness to return to the party fold include Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir Singh Sidhu and Gurpreet Singh Kangar all from BJP and Hans Raj Josan, Dr Mohinder Singh Rinwa, and Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu all from Akali Dal. Verka, Balbir Sidhu, Kangar, and Josan remained ministers in Congress governments.
The remarks by Former Punjab CM came after Balbir S. Sidhu, Gurpreet S. Kangar, Dr Raj Kumar Verka, Sunder Sham Arora and Kewal Singh Dhillon left Congress to join BJP on Saturday, Singh called this development "just the tip of the iceberg."
While addressing state BJP leaders, Amit Shah also hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab and said that in just three months, its face of "deceit and deception has been exposed".