A day before the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) by-elections, the Aam Aadmi Party suffered a blow when its senior leader and two-time former MLA Rajesh Gupta left the party and joined the BJP on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the Delhi BJP, Gupta, who was earlier AAP’s national spokesperson and Karnataka in-charge, was inducted into the BJP in the presence of Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva, who welcomed him wearing the party stole.
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Gupta said that they (AAP) no longer care about those who left their jobs during the Anna movement. A lot of people (you) want to leave, and I think they should. It is not easy. They should go to a place where they are respected; A party that does not use and throw away its workers. He said that I was in the party, but their coordinator neither talked to me nor came to meet me. He further said, “Arvind ji, you have to think why people are leaving you. I have always fought for you, even on television.
He also talked about personal agreements and his hard work for the party. BJP’s Sachdeva said that AAP leaders are now raising questions on the BJP government and pointing to the issues that have arisen during its 12-year rule, even though it has been in power for only eight months. Gupta alleged that the biggest reason behind the downfall of AAP and Arvind Kejriwal was the “use and throw” policy adopted by the party with its workers.
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Rajesh Gupta became emotional, recalling his years with AAP, the alleged “joke” played on him and his experience of Kejriwal’s leadership, so much so that at one point he burst into tears. He further said that when AAP was formed, many eminent personalities had joined hands with Kejriwal, but he betrayed everyone, due to which people left the party one after the other. He said, today, unfortunately, I have also joined that list.