Ajay Kothiyal, AAP's chief ministerial candidate, joined BJP

Dehradun. Ajay Kothiyal, Aam Aadmi Party's chief ministerial candidate in Uttarakhand assembly elections, has joined BJP. Ajay Kothiyal joined BJP in Dehradun on Tuesday in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami. It is noteworthy that a few days ago Ajay Kothiyal had resigned from the membership of Aam Aadmi Party and he sent his resignation directly to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. In this regard, he himself gave information by tweeting.

He had said in his tweet that respecting the sentiments of ex-servicemen, ex-para-servicemen, elderly and intellectuals, I am leaving the party.

Along with Ajay Kothiyal's resignation from the membership of AAP, Bhupesh Upadhyay, the working president of the Aam Aadmi Party, also resigned from the party membership. It is being told that Bhupesh Upadhyay took this step after getting upset with the policies of the Aam Aadmi Party.

Was defeated from Gangotri

Colonel Ajay Kothiyal had tried his luck from Gangotri assembly seat on AAP ticket in the Uttarakhand assembly elections held this year. However, during this he had a crushing defeat and he could not even save his bail. He got only 6161 votes, which was only 10.33 percent of the total votes.

It is noteworthy that Colonel Ajay Kothiyal had killed 17 terrorists while in the Indian Army, after which he came into the limelight. He is a resident of Gurdaspur in Tehri Garhwal. He has climbed Everest twice. He has also led many expeditions to Everest. His role was also very active during Kedarnath reconstruction.