Former AAP leader Farhana to join BJP

Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Farhana on Thursday said she will be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party within the next three days.

"Now that BJP is on the path of development, why should we not extend our help too? We will join the party in the next two to three days," she said.

Former IPS officer and social activist Kiran Bedi and former actor and expelled Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament from Rampur Jaya Prada are also likely to join the party.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to release its first list of candidates for Delhi Assembly polls today. The Election Committee of the BJP is likely to meet to discuss strategies for its campaign. Polling in Delhi will be held on February 7 and the counting of votes will take place on February 10.

In the last Assembly polls in Delhi in 2013, the BJP had bagged 31 seats in addition to one by its ally Shiromani Akali Dal, falling short of a simple majority in the 70-member House. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had won in 28 seats, followed by eight of Congress.