India, April 25 -- In a striking coincidence, if there could be one in politics, Arvind Kejriwal and Ashok Mittal parted ways on the same day - and in opposite directions.

On April 24, Kejriwal moved out of the Lutyens' Delhi bungalow that Mittal had been allotted as Rajya Sabha MP, and which he'd given to the AAP to live in since last year. In a post on X, Kejriwal said the Centre had now allotted him a bungalow following court directions on account of his position as the national convenor of the AAP. "I have now shifted to that house with my family," Kejriwal said.

Within hours, Mittal quit the AAP and joined the Centre's ruling BJP, dealing a severe blow to a party chief who had once personally recruited him into its fold.

Mittal wa...