India, April 29 -- In a strategic show of strength following the recent defection of seven Rajya Sabha members, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) presented a united front by holding a state-level poll strategy session at a private university in Jalandhar on Wednesday.

Chaired by Punjab affairs in-charge Manish Sisodia and state unit president Aman Arora, the session included AAP MLAs from across the state and nearly 1,000 block observers.

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann joined the proceedings via video conferencing.

The party hit turbulence on April 24 when seven of its 10 Rajya Sabha MPs quit to join the BJP. Crucially, six of these defectors-Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Harbhajan Singh, Ashok Mittal, ...