The BJP has resorted to bring "tainted" leaders into its fold fearing the AAP's expansion in Himachal Pradesh, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party said on Saturday, after three of its members, including its State chief, defected.
AAP Himachal Pradesh president Anup Kesari, general secretary (organisation) Satish Thakur and Una district chief Iqbal Singh joined the BJP in the presence of its president J.P. Nadda, and Union Minister and Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur. However, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sought to downplay the defections from its unit in the hill State, where Assembly polls are due at the end of this year, saying it was anyways going to sack them.
Without naming anyone, senior AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said in a tweet that the party was set to sack one of these three leaders following an allegation of his indecent behaviour with women.
