Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader in Gujarat Bhemabhai Chaudhary resigned as vice-president of the State unit on Sunday and joined the Congress along with his supporters and local leaders.
Mr. Chaudhary had been with the AAP since the beginning and was very active in the Banaskantha district of north Gujarat. He also contested the last Assembly election from Banaskantha.
“I have resigned from the AAP and I am joining the Congress to fight the BJP. Only the Congress can take on the BJP in the State,” he said as he was welcomed into the party by State Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil.