BJP leader, wife join AAP ahead of Delhi assembly polls
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New Delhi: Serving set back to BJP in Delhi, its leaders Ramesh Pehalwan and his wife, a two-time councillor Kusum Lata, joined Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday, while Delhi Assembly polls are around, PTI reported.
Ramesh Pehalwan is likely to contest the upcoming polls from the Kasturba Nagar seat and will replace three-time MLA Madan Lal.
Kusum Lata is a two-time Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) councillor from the Kotla Mubarakpur ward of South Delhi.
Welcoming the two leaders into the party fold, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal told a press conference, "I am happy to have Kusum Lataji re-inducted. Rameshji had joined the party in 2013. Today, after seven years, they are returning home. Rameshji and Kusum Lataji are with the people 24 hours a day, in their happiness and sorrow. They have also done good work in wrestling. I welcome them back."
Ramesh Pehalwan said, "I am returning home today. The whole world sees Delhi through Kejriwal's eyes. Whether it is a matter of children going abroad or a child speaking French on the world stage, it is because of Kejriwal. My father was a government employee. Delhi will move ahead." Kusum Lata said, "I am a two-time municipal councillor. I contested the elections from the BJP. I am joining the AAP, influenced by Kejriwal's ideology."
The AAP is aiming for a third consecutive term in power in Delhi after the polls, which are due in February.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal ruled out any possibility of an alliance with Congress in the elections on Wednesday. In a post on X, Kejriwal said, "Aam Aadmi Party will be fighting this election on its own strength in Delhi. There is no possibility of any alliance with Congress."