A day after resigning from the prime membership of AAP, former Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday joined the BJP in the presence of senior party leaders.

Gahlot held important portfolios such as Transport, WCD, Home, Administrative Reforms and IT, and his resignation from the AAP comes ahead of the Assembly polls. Meanwhile, the AAP has picked party MLA Raghuvinder Shokeen to replace Gahlot in the Delhi Cabinet.