Three former Aam Aadmi Party legislators formally aligned with the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi immediately following their assembly resignations. The defectors argued that the BJP is better equipped to tackle pervasive problems surrounding drug abuse and gangsterism across Punjab. Former police official Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh also leveled sharp criticism at Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann for compromising their party's founding values.
Key points
The defection provides an immediate political boost to the Bharatiya Janata Party as it s…: The defection provides an immediate political boost to the Bharatiya Janata Party as it seeks power in poll-bound Punjab.
Former AAP lawmakers publicly accused top leadership of dismantling the original revoluti…: Former AAP lawmakers publicly accused top leadership of dismantling the original revolutionary foundation through unchecked corruption and crime.
The high-profile departures signal growing dissatisfaction among senior state leaders reg…: The high-profile departures signal growing dissatisfaction among senior state leaders regarding Punjab's current security and narcotics challenges.
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NEW DELHI: A day after resigning as MLAs in Punjab, three AAP members joined BJP here on Monday, giving a boost to the saffron outfit in the poll-bound state.
BJP is making an all-out push to emerge as a serious contender for office in the state after languishing on the margins so far.
Chetan Singh Jouramajra, a former cabinet minister elected from Samana, former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, who won from Amritsar North, and Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, who represented Sanaur in the assembly, decried "rising" gangsterism and drug abuse in the state and expressed confidence in BJP's ability to turn things around as they joined the party.
In his remarks, Vijay Pratap Singh said, "Crime, drugs, corruption and gangsterism are rampant in Punjab. Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal have completely uprooted and destroyed AAP, which was born from a revolutionary mindset."
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