Former MLA, son of Cong leader Mahabal Mishra join AAP

Weeks ahead of the Delhi Assembly election, Congress leader and former MLA Ram Singh Netaji and three others on Monday joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of party's national convenor and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Son of former Congress MP Mahabal Mishra, Vinay Kumar Mishra, who had unsuccessfully contested the last assembly election from Palam seat, also joined the AAP.

Councillor and social worker Jai Bhagwan Upkar ji from Rohini ward of Bawana assembly constituency and Naveen Dipu Chaudhary, a social activist working in Gandhinagar, who has been associated with the Congress for a long time, too joined the AAP.

Netaji said he was impressed by the work done by the AAP government and "that is the reason I decided to leave Congress".

He had won from the Badarpur assembly constituency twice once as a BSP candidate and again as an Independent after which he joined the Congress.

Rajkumari Dhillon, former Congress councillor from Hari Nagar ward, also joined the AAP.

Kejriwal said influenced by the policies of his party and the work done by the AAP-led Delhi government, they are "joining our family". "They are warmly welcomed in the AAP."