“If he (Binny) comes to BJP, we will welcome him,” Malhotra told news channel Times Now. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday expelled the rebel legislator who has been criticising the party leadership and its government in Delhi.
A party statement said the decision was taken by a disciplinary committee, set up after Binny went to press with complaints against the Arvind Kejriwal government.
“This disciplinary committee has decided to expel Vinod Kumar Binny and terminate his primary membership from the party, for publicly making false statements against the party and its leadership, thereby bringing disrepute to the party,” it said.
Binny had defeated Congress heavyweight A.K. Walia, former health minister, from the Laxmi Nagar assembly constituency in east Delhi.
Binny attacked his party and the government for allegedly backtracking on promises made in the election manifesto, including on water and power sectors. He had also threatened to go on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar on Jan 27.
AAP leaders countered his charges saying he was upset for not being given a ministerial berth in the Delhi cabinet. A disciplinary committee was formed by AAP on Jan 19, headed by party national secretary Pankaj Gupta. The other members of the committee included Ashish Talwar, Illyas Azmi, Yogendra Yadav and Gopal Rai.
