In one of the major setback for the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab, former Amritsar Deputy Mayor, Avinash Jolly resigned from the party and joined the BJP in Amritsar on Tuesday amid ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
In a post on X, BJP National Secretary Narinder Singh wrote, ‘Avinash Jolly, former deputy mayor (Amritsar) along with hundreds of supporters joined BJP at Amritsar, Punjab’.
In Punjab, voting for its 13 seats will take place in a single phase, the seventh and final phase on June 1 will see voting in Gurudaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Nandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur and Patiala constituencies.
Meanwhile, the filing of nominations for the Lok Sabha elections started in Punjab on May 7. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed general and police observers for 13 seats in Punjab for peaceful, fair and transparent elections.
Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C said that 13 IAS officers from many states have been appointed as general observers, while seven IPS officers have been appointed as police observers.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday Bollywood actor Shekhar Suman joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi. Former Congress leader Radhika Khera also joined the saffron party today.
Shekhar Suman said after joining the party, ‘Till yesterday I did not know that I would be sitting here today because many things in life happen knowingly or unknowingly. I have come here with a very positive thinking and I would like to thank God that he ordered me to come here’.
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