Day after quitting AAP, Kailash Gahlot joins BJP

AAP sources said the exit of the two-time MLA and elder minister, who besides served arsenic 1 of the party’s cardinal backroom operators, was a setback arsenic it could power Jaat voters successful the Assembly polls and hamper the party’s efforts to rotation retired a important payment scheme.

While leaving the party, Gahlot blamed “AAP’s changeless combat against the Centre and little absorption connected fulfilling promises made to people”, “political agenda”, “controversy”, and an “awkward” concern implicit the renovation of the CM location arsenic reasons for his resignation. But AAP sources claimed helium had been unhappy and disenchanted with the party’s elder enactment for immoderate time, particularly arsenic helium was overlooked and Atishi was promoted arsenic CM and important portfolios specified arsenic instrumentality and gross that helium held went to her.

On Sunday announcing his resignation from AAP, Gahlot said, “Political ambitions person overtaken our committedness towards people, leaving galore promises unfulfilled,” Gahlot said portion announcing his resignation.

Born successful Mitraon colony of Najafgarh, Gahlot joined AAP and contested the polls from Najafgarh constituency, winning by a borderline of 55,598 votes. A autochthonal of the village, Gahlot comes from a farming inheritance and during his ineligible career, helium has represented respective cases related to farmers’ rights. He has besides worked arsenic a lawyer earlier the Supreme Court and High Court for much than a decade.

Besides this, helium served arsenic a curate successful some Kejriwal and Atishi’s Cabinet, holding important portfolios similar transport, revenue, administrative reforms, accusation and technology, law, justness and legislative affairs, and women and kid improvement (WCD). Gahlot had besides presented Delhi’s Budget successful 2023 erstwhile helium was handed the concern portfolio aft Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was arrested.