In a humiliation for the Aam Aadmi Party, Ajay Kothiyal, the Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial face within the recently-concluded Uttarakhand Assembly elections, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the present day. Kothiyal, who resigned from the membership of AAP on May 18, was formally inducted into the get together within the presence of senior get together leaders together with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in Dehradun.
In his resignation addressed to AAP convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Kothiyal had cited “the feelings of ex-soldiers, ex para-military personnel, the elders, women, youths and the intellectuals” behind his choice to give up the get together.
Having stepped into lively politics in 2021, Kothiyal was fielded by the AAP from the Gangotri meeting seat within the Uttarakhand elections 2022, however misplaced. The get together, which guess massive on Kothiyal and declared him as its CM candidate, additionally suffered a crushing defeat within the state. The AAP drew a clean within the elections, securing a meager 3.31% vote share.
Reports recommend that Kothiyal’s relations with the get together’s central management had began going downhill ever for the reason that election outcomes have been introduced. The AAP, which went on to brush Punjab, had hoped to ascertain itself because the third various within the state however failed miserably. There have been additionally rumours of Kothiyal’s displeasure with the AAP management over the therapy meted out to him following the get together’s defeat within the hill state.
Kothiyal’s political debut was preceded by his choice to go for voluntary retirement from the Indian Army. A Colonel-rank officer, Kothiyal is a recipient of the celebrated Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra and the Vishisht Seva Medal, amongst others.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”