New Delhi, July 10 -- Sixteen councillors from Indraprastha Vikas Party, a breakaway party from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Delhi BJP chief Harsh Malhotra.

The party switch comes ahead of elections for the vacant posts in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) standing committee later this month.

The BJP shared the update in an X post, stating, "Inspired by the successful leadership of the country's esteemed Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji and the works undertaken by him in the country and Delhi, as well as motivated by the public welfare initiatives carried out by the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi under the gui...