Politics
Bhaskar Rao (Pic Via Twitter)
In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party in Karnataka, its prominent face and former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao on Wednesday quit the party and joined the ruling BJP in the poll-bound state.
Rao had joined the AAP after taking voluntary retirement from the police department in April last year.
He had joined the party in New Delhi in the presence of the AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
After joining the BJP in the presence of BJP state chief Nalin Kumar Kateel today, the retired IPS officer said only BJP can strengthen India and bring back the lost glory.
He also said he will seek the guidance of Kateel, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, former CM B S Yediyurappa, and other senior BJP leaders.
He alleged that though he was associated with the AAP for about a year, he felt that the party did not have the capability to grow in Karnataka.
Rao's quitting the AAP comes days ahead of AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s visit to Karnataka on 4 March.
(With inputs from PTI)