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New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party has received a big jolt days before the assembly polls in Delhi as eight sitting MLAs, who resigned from the party, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday.
The MLAs submitted their resignation letters to former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday after being denied tickets to the contest Delhi assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held on February 5.
The MLAs Vandana Gaur from Palam, Rohit Mehraulia from Trilokpuri, Girish Soni, Madan Lal from Kasturba Nagar, Rajesh Rishi from Janakpuri, Bhupender Singh June from Bijwasan, Naresh Yadav from Mehrauli and Pawan Sharma from Adarsh Nagar joined BJP in the presence of party’s Delhi unity Virendraa Sachdeva and election in-charge Baijayant Panda.
Earlier, the MLAs on Friday said that AAP has moved away from its original ideology of ‘honesty’ and its leadership has been tainted into several cases of ‘corruption’.
The leaders cited different concerns, ranging from ‘ideological shifts’ to ‘corruption’ and ‘mismanagement’ within the party.
Notably, the resignations come just days ahead of the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections.
