Congress leader Mateen Ahmed joins AAP; Balli returns to BJP

Congress leader and fivetime MLA from Seelampur Mateen Ahmed joined the AAP on Sunday days after his son and daughterinlaw moved to the Kejriwalled partyAam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal formally inducted Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed into AAP at a programme in SeelampurChaudhary Mateen Ahmed ji has been serving the people by living in the Yamuna paar area Kejriwal said in a post on X as he welcomed the latest entrant in the partyOn October 29 Ahmeds son Chaudhary Zubair Ahmed and his councillor wife Shagufta Chaudhary joined the AAPAhmed served as the MLA from Seelampur from 1993 to 2015 and also held posts of vice chairperson of the Delhi Jal Board and chairperson of the Delhi Waqf BoardHe is a prominent figure in Delhis politics Like AAP which is known for its commitment to the people Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed is is known in his area for always being there for his constituents at the hour of their need Kejriwal addedAhmed said he was inspired by Arvind Kejriwals style of politics and decided to join the party My sole objective now is to strengthen the AAP and serve the people wholeheartedly he saidThe AAP in turn suffered a jolt as veteran politician Harsharan Singh Balli quit the party and joined the BJP alongwith his son Gurmeet SinghBalli a fourtime BJP MLA from the Harinagar constituency in West Delhi served as minister in the Madan Lal Khurana government He later joined the AAPThe former MLA joined the BJP in the presence of the partys Delhi unit president Virendra Sachdeva and his former associates in the party Subhash Arya and Subhash SachdevaDelhi Assembly polls are due in February next yearAccording to a Delhi BJP statement Balli said he left the AAP because it was no more the same as when he first became a part of itI joined the Aam Aadmi Party with great hope influenced by Kejriwals words but after five years I have left AAP in disappointment because he has plunged Delhi into corruption he saidThe former minister said the Sikh community is looking towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi with trust and is grateful to him for bringing the 1984 riots accused to justiceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever