NEW DELHI: AAP’s Dwarka MLA in the outgoing assembly Adarsh Shastri on Saturday joined the Congress at the party’s Delhi unit office in presence of state president Subhash Chopra and AICC incharge PC Chacko.
Shastri quit the AAP after it denied him ticket to seek re-election from Dwarka constituency. He is expected to be fielded from the seat by his new party to contest the February 8 polls.
The grandson of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, also held the posts of national spokesperson and co-convener of overseas affairs cell of the Aam Aadmi Party.
The
election for the 70-member
Delhi Assembly is scheduled on February 8 and counting of votes will take place on February 11.
The Congress despite ruling the national capital for 15 years from 1998 to 2013 was reduced to zero in the 2015 polls. The AAP won 67 seats while the BJP bagged three seats.
Source: Economic Times
