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AAP had got 134 seats in the MCD elections. With this it’s representation in the civic body will be 136. AAP sources said there are are more Congress councillors likely to join the party.
Giving a big jolt to the Congress, two of its newly appointed councillors have joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday. The two councillors are – Shabila Begum and Nazia Khatoon who won from Mustafabad area of northeast Delhi. Apart from them (Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee) DPCC vice president Ali Mehandi also joined the AAP.
AAP had got 134 seats in the MCD elections. With this it’s representation in the civic body will be 136. AAP sources said there are are more Congress councillors likely to join the party.
The Congress had managed to secure 9 seats in the civic polls.
Apart from them, Delhi State Congress Vice-President Ali Mehdi also joined AAP along with hundreds of Congress leaders on the occasion.
AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak inducted everyone in the party and presented them with Topi-Patka. Pathak said : “In 15 years, all the BJP did in the MCD was to increase corruption and take the city in a downward spiral. They have made the corporation hollow and this city a mess. I would also like to thank the people of the city for giving AAP a full majority in the MCD elections. Just like CM Arvind Kejriwal has said, we want to make Delhi one of the best cities in the world to live in. For this purpose, we require the support of everyone in Delhi. We need the support of the public, the workers of all political parties – it could be AAP, BJP or Congress.”
Pathak also said: “Today we have Ali Mehdi, a prominent person in the politics of Delhi. He and his father have given several years of their lives to the politics of Delhi. Until now, he was also the vice-president of DPCC. Prior to it, he was the chairman of the Congress Minority Cell. Besides him, we also have two people who recently won the elections and became the councillors of the MCD. We have Sabila Begum, a councillor from Mustafabad and Nazia Khatoon, a councillor from Brij Puri ward.”
Before joining the AAP, Ali Mehdi was the Vice President of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee. Prior to this, he was the chairman of the Minority Cell. He hails from a family with a vast political experience. He and his father have made a significant contribution to the politics of Delhi.
Mehdi said : “We are also proud to be joining AAP a day after the party has become a National Party. Over the years I have noticed that the people of Delhi are highly impressed by the way CM Arvind Kejriwal has been working for the residents and are therefore happy to join him in taking Delhi forward.”
