In a significant development, Poonam Azad Jha, the wife of suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad Jha, joined the Congress party on Tuesday. The development assumes significance in light of these months’ crucial civic body elections in the national Capital. Delhi Congress President Ajay Maken on Tuesday announced that Poonam Jha Azad has joined the party.
“She has come with her friends from AAP. And we have given her a new responsibility in Congress. We want to assure her that we will keep on raising the issue of Poorvanchal and Mithilanchal. We hope she will become the voice of Poorvanchal and Mithilanchal in Congress,” Maken said. She has quit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined AAP. She had served as BJP's spokesperson for long and was also the Vice President of the Delhi unit of the party, he added.
Two other AAP leaders Rajiv Mishra and Sarita Kambojia also joined the Congress on the occasion.