Kirti Azad wife to join AAP on November 13

Miffed with the BJP leadership, Poonam Azad, wife of suspended saffron party leader Kirti Azad, is set to join the Aam Aadmi Party on November 13. “Poonam Azad will officially join the AAP on November 13,” AAP leader Sanjay Singh told reporters after meeting her at her residence. Ms Azad was the spokesperson of the saffron party’s Delhi unit.

Poonam Azad, who contested against then Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit in the 2003 Assembly polls, was at present serving as a spokesperson of the Bharaitya Janata Party’s Delhi unit. She refused to comment on the development, saying she would speak only after joining the AAP.

Sources close to her said that she was miffed with the BJP leadership for ignoring her although she had worked for the party for more than 20 years.

“She was denied ticket in the last two Assembly polls only because a senior BJP leader had reservations against the family,” a close aide of Poonam Azad said. “In the fight for self-respect, she finally choose the AAP,” he added.