{"id":8464,"date":"2026-04-25T14:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/mp-ashok-mittals-home-was-arvind-kejriwals-address-he-joined-bjp-just-hours-after-aap-chief-vacated-it-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T14:42:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:12:02","slug":"mp-ashok-mittals-home-was-arvind-kejriwals-address-he-joined-bjp-just-hours-after-aap-chief-vacated-it-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/mp-ashok-mittals-home-was-arvind-kejriwals-address-he-joined-bjp-just-hours-after-aap-chief-vacated-it-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Ashok Mittal\u2019s home was Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s address; he joined BJP just hours after AAP chief vacated it | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Arvind Kejriwal moved to a new residence on April 24, the same day AAP MP Ashok Mittal quit the party and joined the BJP. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: A day of political churn and irony unfolded for AAP chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal<\/a>.On Friday, Aam Aadmi Party<\/a> supremo moved out of a government bungalow on Ferozeshah Road, earlier allotted to Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mitta and shifted into a Type-VII residence at Lodhi Estate.<\/p>\n

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The Centre allotted the accommodation after court directions, citing his position as AAP chief.Hours after Kejriwal vacated the Ferozeshah Road residence, Mittal resigned from AAP and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party<\/a>.The timing gave the episode a political contrast. Kejriwal left a house linked to a party colleague, who exited the party the same day.Kejriwal said the new residence was allotted after recent directions from the Delhi high court. He said he had moved in with his family. The allotment dates to October but the shift took place this week after renovation work.<\/p>\n

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Kejriwal had earlier stayed at 6, Flag Staff Road during his tenure as Delhi chief minister. After he stepped down in September 2024, he moved into Mittal\u2019s allocated residence.He stayed at Mittal\u2019s bunglow for over a year.<\/p>\n

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Mittal\u2019s exit formed part of a wider set of departures from AAP. He joined other Rajya Sabha MPs, including Raghav Chadha, who also moved to the Bharatiya Janata Party.<\/p>\n

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A Political jolt for AAP<\/span>With the numbers crossing the two-thirds mark required under anti-defection provisions, the group avoided disqualification. The move also strengthened the BJP in the Rajya Sabha and altered the balance in the Upper House.<\/p>\n

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The development comes at a sensitive time for AAP, which faces key electoral tests, particularly in Punjab, its only state government.The exits have raised questions within the party about internal stability and the influence of nominated Rajya Sabha members who lack strong grassroots bases.AAP leaders responded sharply<\/span>Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann called the defectors \u201cgaddars\u201d and accused them of abandoning the party for political gain. He said their relevance would diminish outside the party framework.Mann claimed the BJP harbours a deep-seated dislike for Punjab. He pointed to the withholding of rural development fund (RDF) and accused it of failed attempts to make a breakaway group of AAP MLAs.\u201cThe BJP cannot win in Punjab but indulges in tikdam baazi (manipulation),\u201d he alleged.<\/div>\n


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Arvind Kejriwal moved to a new residence on April 24, the same day AAP MP Ashok Mittal quit the party and joined the BJP. NEW DELHI: A day of political churn and irony unfolded for AAP chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.On Friday, Aam Aadmi Party supremo moved out of a government bungalow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-delhi"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}