Congress leader and former Delhi minister Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP

Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the MCD election in the Capital.

Lovely, a popular face in Delhi’s political circles, was a minister in the Sheila Dikshit government. His joining the BJP is being read by many as a big setback to the Congress.

Sheila Dikshit called Arvind Singh Lovely’s decision to join the BJP “unfortunate” and was quoted by ANI as saying that “when leaders who get everything from the party leave, then whom do you trust?”