AAP claims 'engineered defection' as 16 breakaway councillors merge with BJP ahead of MCD polls

WIRE — 16 councillors of the Indraprastha Vikas Party (IVP), a breakaway faction of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi on Friday in the presence of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Delhi BJP president Harsh Malhotra.

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