Poonam Azad, wife of suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad, to join AAP

Poonam Azad will officially join AAP on November 13.

Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad’s wife Poonam Azad, who is currently serving as a spokesperson of the Delhi BJP unit, will join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on November 13.

Former cricketer and BJP MP Kirti Azad was suspended from the party after he spoke against corruption in the DDCA when it was headed by Arun Jaitley. (PTI File Photo)

“Poonam Azad will officially join AAP on November 13,” AAP leader Sanjay Singh told reporters here after meeting her at her residence.

Poonam Azad, who contested against then Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the 2003 assembly polls, is presently serving as a spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Delhi unit.

She refused to comment on the development, saying she would speak only after joining AAP.

Sources close to her told IANS 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. Even her son was denied ticket of MCD election,” a close aide of Poonam Azad told IANS.

Kirti Azad, elected to the Lok Sabha from Darbhanga in Bihar, was suspended by the BJP after he spoke against corruption in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) when it was headed by now finance minister and BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley.