Updated On: 01 February, 2025 10:20 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
All the eight legislators were denied poll tickets by the AAP this time. The MLAs who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are Vandana Gaur (Palam), Rohit Mehraulia (Trilokpuri), Girish Soni (Madipur), Madan Lal (Kasturba Nagar), Rajesh Rishi (Uttam Nagar), BS Joon (Bijwasan), Naresh Yadav (Mehrauli) and Pawan Sharma (Adarsh Nagar)

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In a significant boost to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just four days before the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025, eight outgoing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators, along with a large number of supporters, joined the JP Nadda-headed party on Saturday, news agency PTI reported. The Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) had resigned from the primary membership of AAP on Friday, citing reasons such as corruption and the Arvind Kejriwal-led party's departure from its core ideology.
All the eight legislators had been denied election tickets by AAP for this upcoming election.