PM Narendra Modi's 'jhaadu ke tinke' dig at Arvind Kejriwal's AAP after 8 MLAs joined BJP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government after eight of its MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, a day after resigning the Arvind Kejriwal's party. The MLAs resigned from the AAP on Friday, accusing the party of corruption and straying from its ideology. Notably, the AAP denied all of them election tickets in the assembly election.

Addressing a poll rally in Delhi's RK Puram, Modi took a swipe at the AAP's broomstick symbol, saying that even before the assembly election the party was staring at defeat with members exiting it.

Modi also said just like how weather changes with the arrival of Basant Panchami festival, Delhi will herald a "new spring of development". “In a few days, a new spring of development will arrive in Delhi. This time, the BJP government is about to form in Delhi. The 'AAP-da party' has wasted 11 years. My biggest request is that we should be given a chance to serve the people of Delhi,” the prime minister said.