Kailash Gahlot Resigns From Membership Of Delhi Assembly After Joining BJP

Kailash Gahlot, who held the Transport portfolio in the Delhi government, resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party on November 17 and joined the BJP the next day.

Former Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday tendered his resignation as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) on Wednesday days after joining the BJP.

The former AAP leader wrote a letter to Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel and tendered his resignation. In his resignation letter, Gahlot emphasised his dissatisfaction with the direction the AAP has taken.

 

"I had resigned as a minister of Delhi on November 17, and the same day, I had also resigned from the primary membership of the Aam Aadmi Party. I hereby now tender my resignation from the Legislative Assembly of Delhi," he said. The resignation be accepted with immediate effect, he said.  

 

 

Gahlot, who held the Transport portfolio in the Delhi government, resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party on November 17 and joined the BJP the next day.

 

The two-time MLA from West Delhi's Najafgarh constituency again expressed disillusionment with the AAP, alleging that it has strayed from its moral and ethical values. This, he added, made it untenable for him to stay in the party.

 

With his departure, the AAP has lost one of its prominent rural leaders, raising questions about its hold in outer Delhi's Jat belt. Gahlot's exit has also brought into focus the contest between the BJP and AAP on nearly 25 Delhi Dehat seats of the 70-member Assembly for which polls are due in February next year.