Yatin Oza, ex-BJP MLA, on Saturday said that he would be joining the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Oza will meet Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi on Tuesday to finalise the formalisties.
Oza told PTI, “You can consider myself as having already joined AAP.” Oza who has mentored Amit Shah said he was pleased with the functioning of AAP in Delhi, Punjab and Gujarat and that he was attracted towards the party.
Here are the charges Oza levelled against the BJP:
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Oza, a practising lawyer at Gujarat High Court, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi promoted rampant corruption. “There is rampant corruption in the government and nothing is being done to address the problem. The BJP today has become a party of two people – Modi and Amit Shah. I have heard grievances of party members who have been pushed out because they are not sycophants,” he added.
He said that he was aggrieved at the way Modi was attacking judiciary and such attacks are being made to weaken it.
Oza said the Modi government did nothing to stop future trading of essential commodities as per his election promise and this has caused rise in prices of food items.
Oza accused PM Modi of having a “tacit understanding” with NCP president Sharad Pawar so as to counter Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
In a significant development on Sunday, AAP said, dissident BJP MLA Nalin Kotadiya also met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who wound up his Gujarat visit,.
Oza, who had once joined Congress and contested against Modi from Maninagar constituency in 2002 before coming to BJP, said as an AAP member he will corner Modi and the BJP government on corruption with documentary evidence.
Oza was elected twice as BJP MLA from Sabarmati here. He parted ways with the party but later returned to BJP.
(With inputs from Agencies)