In a setback to the ruling AAP, three former municipal councillors joined the Congress in the presence of district Congress in-charge Amandeep Singh Jayantipuria.
The leaders switched sides ahead of the municipal corporation (MC) elections scheduled to be held later this month. The term of the previous MC House ended in April.
The three former AAP councillors who joined the Congress are Rajesh Kumar Tuli, Balwinder Singh and Sardool Singh. All three were members of the previous MC House.
Several former councillors associated with the BJP and SAD also joined the Congress. “The Congress has been strengthened with the joining of these leaders. The previous MC House was governed by the Congress, and this time too we will form the House,” said Jayantipuria.
