The Delhi BJP unit on Sunday welcomed five Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors who have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the BJP Delhi unit informed of the major switch by the AAP councillors which came amid the party's poor performance in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls.
About five AAP councillors
The five Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors who have switched sides to the saffron party in the national capital include Ram Chandra, Pawan Sehrawat, Manju Nirmal, Sughandha Bidhuri and Mamta Pawan.
What BJP said about the decision
In a statement released, BJP Delhi president Virendraa Sachdeva spoke of the AAP leaders' decision. He said, " AAP's corruption and them not doing any work, because of these reasons, these 5 people have joined BJP. They all have one intention only, the way PM Modi is giving direction to development and carrying everyone forward, we also want to work in Delhi for our people and we welcome such people"
Meanwhile, it is pertinent to note that, earlier in July also, several AAP leaders, including party MLAs and councillors, switched allegiance and joined the BJP. Those include Kartar Singh Tanwar, Chhatarpur MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Raaj Kumar Anand, former Delhi minister and ex-AAP Patel Nagar MLA, and Anand’s wife Veena Anand, who was as elected as Patel Nagar MLA in 2013 on an AAP's ticket.
Further, besides the three, AAP’s Said-Ul-Ajaib councillor Umed Singh Phogat and AAP members Ratnesh Gupta and Sachin Rai also joined the BJP.
(Report by Ila Kazmi)
