Delhi Assembly Polls 2015: Will BJP Make Political Capital out of Defectors? By Deepak Parvatiyar January 22, 2015 Political turncoats look for greener pasture. A notable development in the run up to the Delhi elections is that all but one political defection are to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The only significant reverse defection – from the BJP to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) – was when former deputy speaker and dalit face of the BJP, Fateh Singh, joined the AAP along with his three supporters in December. The outsiders in the BJP have indeed hit the jackpot this election season with seven of the turncoats getting the party ticket to contest elections. BJP’s Strategy behind Inducting Party Hoppers There may be two reasons behind the increasing number of people switching their loyalties to the BJP: {"uid":1,"hostPeerName":"http://www.elections.in","initialGeometry":"{\"windowCoords_t\":0,
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