AAP's Lone Lok Sabha MP Sushil Rinku Joins BJP Ahead Of Polls
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Sushil Kumar Rinku emerged victorious in the 2023 Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-elections, securing a landslide victory.
AAP's only Lok Sabha member, Sushil Kumar Rinku, joined the BJP today. The move was accompanied by Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural also joining the BJP ranks at the party headquarters in Delhi.
Mr Rinku emerged victorious in the 2023 Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-elections, securing a landslide victory. According to sources, Mr Rinku is set to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections under the BJP's banner.
In the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, Mr Rinku and Mr Angural went head to head for the Jalandhar West seat. Mr Angural won the seat on an AAP ticket against Mr Rinku, then a Congress candidate. Mr Rinku switched to the AAP in 2023.