Delhi Politics
Delhi Congress VP Ali Mehdi back in partyfold hours after defecting
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Congress vice president Ali Mehdi on Saturday early morning rejoined the grand old party barely hours after switching to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), media reports said.
In a midnight video message, Mehdi said he made a "mistake" by switching sides.
He has called himself a worker of Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi.
मैं राहुल गांधी जी का कार्यकर्ता हू 🙏 pic.twitter.com/sA9LPuk0kn
— Ali Mehdi🇮🇳 (@alimehdi_inc) December 9, 2022
Mehdi said he along with two other elected councillors, Sabila Begum from Mustafabad and Nazia Khatoon from Brijpuri, who had switched to the AAP have also rejoined the Congress.
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgarhi tweeted, "It is two o'clock in the night and the councilor who won from Mustafabad on the symbol of Congress has returned to Congress, he was tricked into joining the Aam Aadmi Party, within a few hours he rectified his mistake and has now again become a part of the Congress."
रात के दो बज रहे हैं और कॉंग्रेस के सिंबल पर मुस्तफ़ाबाद से जीते पार्षद फिर से वापस कॉंग्रेस में लौट आये, धोखा देकर उन्हें आम आदमी पार्टी ज्वाइन करायी गई थी महज़ चंद घंटे में उन्होंने अपनी भूल सुधारी और अभी फिर से कॉंग्रेस का हिस्सा बन गये।@INCDelhi @kcvenugopalmp pic.twitter.com/NnBQGenuEX
— Imran Pratapgarhi (@ShayarImran) December 9, 2022
The political drama occurred days after the AAP defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the MCD polls, which saw an almost decimation of the Congress, which ruled Delhi for decades.
The Congress has won only nine seats in the polls.
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