Ahead of the Delhi assembly polls, Congress party leader and former MCD councilor Rekha Rani joined the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday. She was welcomed by AAP leader Sanjay Singh. She earlier held the post of general secretary of Delhi’s Mahila Congress.
Rekha Rani on her joining said that she was very impressed with the party’s policies. SHe aid, “People across the world are saying that the work done by the AAP has benefitted the people. The AAP will retain power in the city-state.”
Along with her, many other Congress leaders also left the grand old party and joined the AAP. The new joiners were Thakur Prempal Singh, Mangal Ram Goswami, Chaudhary Biren Singh, Vijendra Pradhan, Jai Prakash Giri, Brajesh Kashyap, Rishipal, and Deepak Sharma.
As quoted by ANI, Sanjay Singh said, “Looking at the works done by the AAP in the last five years, many top leaders from the Congress and the BJP are joining the AAP.” Sanjay Singh further expressed his happiness that the governance model of the Delhi government is being praised all over the world.
Previously, Congress member Naveen Nambardar joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with 200 of his supporters. Arvind Kejriwal said that his party stands for “Youth“.
Earlier, senior Congress leader Parlad Singh Sawhney left his party to join Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party. Parlad Singh Sawhney had said that there were ‘wrong people’ coming in front of Congress party.
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