New Delhi: Pawan Sehrawat, who left AAP in February to join the BJP, has returned to the party and said it is like "coming back to family." The Aam Aadmi Party has accepted him back.
"I have returned to my family (AAP) today. And, we will take forward the work of the AAP and work shoulder-to-shoulder with CM Kejriwal," he told the media.
AAP's MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak announced his return to the media. He said Pawan Sehrawat has returned to the AAP and he has been welcomed back in the party. "Though he may have physically gone to the BJP, but his mind was with the AAP only. He (Sehrawat) was in constant touch with me, and all misgivings were removed and today he has returned to the same family, with the same honour, to his seat. So, we welcome Pawan back to his family (AAP)," he said.
"Today is a very happy occasion. And, happy, because, call him my dear friend, my dear brother, Pawan, who won from Bawana ward no. 30 (in the MCD polls) for the second time with a very huge margin, has returned," he added.
"I am glad that whatever differences were there, it has been resolved. And, he rejoins the party with the same vigour to fulfil Delhi CM and AAP chief Kejriwal’s resolve to make Delhi a world-class city. I visited his (Sehrawat’s) home also, and his wife said that now she regards him even more after his decision," said the MCD in charge.
Back in February, Sehrawar quit the party ahead of a crucial MCD House meeting. He alleged that he left because he felt "suffocated" due to the "corruption" in AAP.
AAP has issued a statement that said Sehrawat left AAP to join the BJP due to "certain misunderstandings" but those have been cleared now "at the organisational level." "AAP gave a big blow to BJP. BJP councillor from Bawana Pawan Sehrawat has returned to AAP. Just before the election of the Standing Committee in Feb, he had gone to BJP but his mind remained in AAP. That’s why today again councillor Pawan Sehrawat has joined ‘AAP’. – @ipathak25," the party tweeted.