A day after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, former AAP leader and Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot said that it took a long time for him to muster the "courage" to quit the Arvind Kejriwal-led ... Former AAP leader Kailash Gahlot joined the BJP on November 18, ending a day of speculation about his next political move after resignation. BJP’s Kailash Gahlot draws on his AAP past for a future: ‘Delhi must work with Centre’ Kailash Gahlot resigned as a minister of the AAP government and also left the party in November last year. He joined the BJP within a day of the announcement -- the most senior AAP leader to have jumped ship and joined the party's primary opposition in Delhi. Kailash Gahlot is an Indian politician and lawyer and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party who had served as the Minister of Transport and Environment in the Delhi government. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi, representing the Najafgarh constituency as a member of the Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP ) until his resignation on 17 November 2024. [2][3] Gahlot was a cabinet minister in the Arvind Kejriwal-led government, holding multiple key portfolios during his tenure. [4][5] On 17 ...