TV9 News: Former AAP Leader Shazia Ilmi Likely To Join BJP, May Contest Against Arvind Kejriwal..., <br /> <br />New Delhi: Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Shazia Ilmi is expected to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, reports said. <br /> <br />Ilmi is likely to contest Delhi Assembly Elections against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi constituency, reports stated on Wednesday. <br /> <br />If the reports are true, it will be interesting to watch the erstwhile allies taking on each other in the highly-pitched battle for Delhi. <br /> <br />Imli had resigned from AAP last year, saying there was lack of democracy within the party. <br /> <br />"There is lack of inner party democracy within the Aam Aadmi Party. The party which talks about `Swaraj` has failed to apply it within the party," Ilmi had said. <br /> <br />Imli had unsuccessfully contested the 2013 Delhi polls. The ex-AAP leader had lost the RK Puram seat to Anil Sharma of the BJP by a slender margin of 326 votes. <br /> <br />Ilmi also lost the General Elections from Ghaziabad constituency. She contested against former Army chief General VK Singh and even lost her security deposit. <br /> <br />Election Commission on Monday sounded the poll bigul in Delhi. Voting for Delhi Assembly Elections 2015 would be held in a single phase on February 7 with the counting of votes scheduled for February 10. <br /> <br />In the 2013 Delhi elections, BJP bagged 31 seats, AAP 28 and Congress 8 in the 70-member Assembly. <br /> <br />The total electorate of Delhi is 1.3 crore and the total number of polling stations are 11763. Model Code of Conduct has come into force from today.
