Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP a week after resigning as Delhi Congress Chief

• Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP after a week of resigning as Delhi Congress chief over alliance with AAP
• During his resignation Lovely stated that his resignation is only as Delhi cheif and not from party
• He clarifies that his resignation was not due to dissatisfaction over ticket distribution

Arvinder Singh Lovely, who resigned from the post of Delhi Congress chief last week over the party's alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), officially joined the BJP on Saturday. After resignation Lovely clarified that his resignation was only from the party post and not from the party. In his resignation, Lovely  cited dissatisfaction over the candidature of Kanhaiya Kumar and Udit Raj, stating they were unfamiliar faces to the Delhi Congress.

In his statement upon joining the BJP, Lovely "We have got an opportunity to serve the country and Delhi at a time when we were lost. Today we five leaders joined the BJP. We will do whatever is needed to rescue Delhi from the situation that has been created in the last few years."

Arvinder Singh's resignation from the post last week came as a major blow to the party in the Capital. "Some people are spreading misinformation that I was upset over ticket (distribution). It is not like that. You all know that I introduced the candidates by holding a press conference three days ago," Lovely said after his resignation adding, ""I have only resigned as Delhi Congress chief and I am not joining any political party."

In his resignation letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, "The Delhi Congress unit was against an alliance with a party which was formed on the sole basis of levelling false, fabricated and mala fide corruption charges against the Congress party... half of the cabinet ministers (of the party) are presently in jail on corruption charges,"