Rift in Congress ahead of MCD polls, Amrish Singh Gautam joins BJP

Former deputy speaker of Delhi assembly and three-time Congress MLA, Amrish Gautam joined the BJP on Monday. Gautam, a well-known Dalit leader jumped to the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the municipal corporation of Delhi polls. His move comes on the day A K Walia also decided to quit the Congress.

Infighting in the Congress is becoming public ahead of the civic polls with leaders of the party reportedly rejecting list of candidates for the civic polls picked up by the party's panel. Former Delhi minister Haroon Yusuf and Rajya sabha MP Parvez Hashmi have also threatened to quit the party. Ticket distribution for the MCD polls 2017 has led to rifts in the party.

Gautam is the latest to join the list of politicians from other parties jumping to the BJP ahead of the civic polls. Ved Prakash, an former AAP MLA joined the BJP last week. More leaders joining the saffron party is acting as a morale booster for the cadres.

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