New Delhi, December 30: Ahead of the assembly polls in the national capital, AAP leader Guggan Singh, who was the party's North West Delhi candidate in the Lok Sabha polls, returned to the BJP on Monday in the presence of Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari.
Javadekar is also the BJP's assembly election in-charge in Delhi. Singh had quit the BJP and had joined the AAP in July 2017. The Dalit leader was defeated by BJP's Hans Raj Hans by over 5.9 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha elections for the reserved seat. “It was painful for me to live away from my family (BJP). I realised that AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal does not respect his own MLAs. I could not have stayed in such a party for long. So I finally decided to return,” Singh said.
BJP Delhi president Manoj Tiwari said Singh will get the respect he deserves. Though senior leaders maintained that he joined the party unconditionally, sources said he is likely to be party’s candidate from Bawana. Singh won the northwest Delhi seat in 2013 assembly elections while he emerged second in 2015 polls, losing to AAP legislator Ved Parkash — also a former BJP leader who switched sides ahead of the assembly polls.