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Amritsar, May 8: Avinash Jolly, a former deputy mayor of Amritsar, quit from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the BJP on Tuesday in Amritsar amid the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
BJP National Secretary Narinder Singh stated on X that “Avinash Jolly, former deputy mayor (Amritsar), along with hundreds of supporters joined BJP at Amritsar, Punjab.”
Sh Avinash Jolly ex deputy mayor along with hundreds of supporters joined BJP at Amritsar, Punjab
@BJP4India pic.twitter.com/SvrFJ0jlUi— Dr Narinder Singh (Modi Ka Parivar) (@iNarinderRaina) May 7, 2024
Punjab’s 13 seats will undergo voting in a single phase on June 1, encompassing crucial constituencies such as Gurudaspur, Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Nandpur Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Firozpur, Bathinda, Sangrur, and Patiala.
During the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the UPA alliance led by the Congress garnered eight seats with a vote share of 40.6%, while the NDA gained four seats with a voting percentage of 9.7%. The AAP, in its inaugural election, won one seat.
