The BJP’s Purvanchali chief and two-time former MLA from Kirari Anil Jha joined the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) within the presence of occasion supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday.
The event got here a number of hours after the AAP suffered a giant blow as its Najafgarh MLA and Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot give up the occasion.
Kejriwal welcomed Jha to the AAP at occasion headquarters close to Mandi Home and dubbed him as one of many “largest” Purvanchali leaders in Delhi politics. He’ll increase the AAP not solely in Kirari however everywhere in the metropolis, the AAP supremo mentioned.
Social gathering sources claimed that Jha may exchange the sitting AAP MLA from Kirari, within the Delhi Meeting polls due in February.
Jha lauded Kejriwal, saying he was influenced by his character and the work finished by the AAP authorities to enhance the lives of Purvanchali folks residing in unauthorised colonies of town.
Kejriwal alleged that whereas the AAP authorities constructed 10,000 km of roads and streets, laid 6800 km of sewer traces and supplied piped water in 1,650 unauthorised colonies, “the BJP did nothing”.
“I need to ask the BJP and its chief Amit Shah, why ought to Purvanchali folks vote for the occasion. I problem them to inform one factor they did for the Purvanchali folks in Delhi. They promised the registry of properties in these colonies however not a single one may very well be finished in 5 years,” he mentioned.
When requested by reporters Kejriwal, nevertheless, refused to touch upon Gahlot’s resignation from the AAP.
