Kailash Gahlot, former Delhi Minister who quit AAP, joins BJP

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New Delhi, November 18, 2024: Former AAP leader and Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot joined BJP on Monday a day after quitting AAP, citing "grave challenges" faced by them following "awkward" and "embarrassing" controversies. Visuals showed him arriving at the BJP office in Delhi.

VIDEO | Former Delhi Minister and AAP leader Kailash Gahlot (@kgahlot) reaches BJP headquarters in Delhi.

Kailash Gahlot had quit AAP on Sunday, alleging "political ambitions" have overtaken its commitment towards people.

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— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 18, 2024

Reacting to this news, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal said, "He is free, he can go wherever he wants...."

#WATCH | On being asked if former AAP leader Kailash Gahlot is joining BJP today, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal says "He is free, he can go wherever he wants..." pic.twitter.com/HyjOC1qZuW

— ANI (@ANI) November 18, 2024

AAP on Sunday, said Gahlot had no option but to join the saffron party as he was facing a series of investigations by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax Department.

Meanwhile BJP had said that the Aam Aadmi Prty has undergone "political conversion" to become "khas" (privileged). Every person who left the party was "disillusioned because the Aam Aadmi Party has now become a party only for Arvind Kejriwal. It has become the Arvind Aadmi Party," the BJP leader said.