Panchkula: AAP state joint secretary Yogeshwar Sharma joins BJP

AAP in 2019 had fielded Sharma from Panchkula assembly constituency who had managed to get only 0.76% votes

A day after resigning from all posts of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Haryana state joint secretary Yogeshwar Sharma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday.

AAP leader Yogeshwar Sharma with Haryana CM Nayab Saini and BJP candidate Gian Chand Gupta after switching to the saffron fold in Panchkula on Thursday. (Sant Arora/HT)

Chief minister (CM) Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday inducted Sharma into the BJP. Sharma was serving as Haryana state joint secretary and member of national council in the AAP. The senior leader said he had resigned as he was being ignored by the party for a long time and was not being included in any decision-making process.

It may be mentioned that the AAP in 2019 had fielded Sharma from Panchkula assembly constituency who had managed to get only 0.76% votes.

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