BJP Punjab president Sunil Jakhar, who had predicted Raghav Chadha’s move to BJP in an interview with The Tribune in early April, on Friday welcomed the AAP leaders to the party.
Jakhar hailed the timing of the move ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly election.
“I warmly welcome all the Members of Parliament who, at the right time, chose to leave the sinking ship of AAP and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party,” Jakhar said.
“Due to AAP’s poor governance, corruption, and collapse of law and order, the people of Punjab have lost faith in the party. After it abandoned public interest, even well-meaning individuals within AAP are being compelled to leave,” he added.
Of the seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs who merged with BJP, six are from Punjab and one, Swati Maliwal, is from Delhi.
Ironically, BJP has no MLAs in Punjab but now has six Rajya Sabha MPs from the state.
