Another blow to Arvind Kejriwal as 3 AAP councillors join BJP ahead of MCD mayoral poll

In a fresh setback to Arvind Kejriwal, three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors have switched over to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), boosting the saffron party's chances of victory in the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) mayoral poll. "Delhi will have a "triple engine" government -- at the Centre, assembly and municipal level -- at the right time to develop it as the capital of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision under a ‘Viksit Bharat’," Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said at a press conference.

Anita Basoya (Andrews Ganj), Nikhil Chaprana (Hari Nagar) and Dharamvir (R K Puram) are the three AAP councilors who switched sides, days after the BJP secured a massive victory in the Delhi assembly elections. Sachdeva said the councilors joined the BJP to make Delhi a clean and beautiful city.