Unhappy AAP men switch to JD-U

New Delhi: Unhappy over ticket distribution for the upcoming civic polls, at least 50 members of the Aam Aadmi Party, including some senior leaders, have switched allegiance to JD(U) and more will follow suit, party national general secretary Sanjay Jha claimed on Wednesday. Sources said these members from the Arvind Kejriwal-led party were “feeling unhappy” with the ticket distribution for the high-stakes MCD polls due in April.

“People in the city, hailing from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are feeling shortchanged by the party (AAP). It won the elections enjoying a major support from this huge votebank but over time, the Kejriwal-led party has not done what it had promised to them. So, people have shifted loyalty to Nitish Kumar,” he said.

“The AAP will suffer a bigger setback in the MCD polls than it did in Goa or Punjab. And, people have now warmed up to JD(U) because of the good governance model of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Most people in Delhi are also fed up with the sale of liquor in the city. Prohibition has been implemented in Bihar strictly and voters in Delhi, especially women, are going to be major constituent of the electorate that we are going to reach out to,” he said.

Independent councillor Jeevan Lal from Harkesh Nagar seat in South Delhi also joined the Nitish Kumar-led party in the presence of Mr Jha and other senior party leaders.

The senior JD(U) leader, who is also the in-charge of the party’s Delhi unit, claimed that more AAP supporters would soon join the party