Big Jolt to AAP, former AAP President of Uttarakhand Deepak Bali joins BJP after its CM candidate (R) Col. Kothiyal joined it 23rd May

The Aam Admi Party suffered a huge setback in Uttarakhand today when its former president who’d resigned from the party just a day ago had joined the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party at the BJP office in Dehradun in the presence of Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and state party chief Madan Kaushik.

The jubilant chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami while welcoming the former AAP President Deepak Bali in BJP said that the AAP has been swiped out of Uttarakhand now and it is meeting the same fate in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat as, well praising prime minister Narendra Modi for bringing a new work culture in the country and raising India’s prestige globally.

He added that the BJP has developed as a strong political force in the country encouraging political leaders of other parties join it. Praising, the former AAP chief of Uttarakhand Deepak Bali chief minister termed him as a true nationalist. It may be recalled that the former chief ministerial candidate of AAP in Uttarakhand Ajay Kothiyal had joined BJP last month after losing his own seat from Gangotri losing his, security deposit as well. However, retired colonel Ajay Kothiyal was not present at the time of Deepak Bali’s entry in BJP.

Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand BJP chief Madan Kaushik has while welcoming Deepak Bali in BJP said that he is a leader with vision and embodiment of relentless struggle.

Joining BJP, Deepak Bali said he is joining the saffron party because AAP is involved in allegedly appeasing anti national elements and due to its dictatorial style of functioning. He praised BJP and the UK CM Pushkar Singh Dhami for taking the state on the developmental path and his victory with a record margin from Chapawat impressed him the most to join the saffron party said Deepak Bali.

Several other leaders like Ravindra Jugran and several local leaders who’d joined AAP had left the party to join BJP during and before the previous, assembly elections citing reasons of the dictatorial way of functioning of the local leaders and bon cooperative attitude towards, their workers. Kindly recall that though the party acknowledged nearly four percent votes in Uttarakhand assembly election of 2022 it did adversely affected the chances of Congress in several constituencies of Uttarakhand functioning as a spoiler than a gainer party.