PATIALA: Two days before Sangrur byelection, office-bearers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joined AAP in the presence of CM Bhagwant Mann here on Tuesday. BJP disowned the defectors by claiming they had not held any positions in the party for years. New joinees include Vikas Jain, state coordinator of BJP trade cell; Dhuri Chamber of Commerce chief Sandeep Garg, BJP Yuva Morcha vice-president Sangrur Sumit Goel, Dhuri Chamber of Commerce vice-president Dhuri Aman Garg, Aggarwal Sabha Dhuri chief Sandeep Goyal and Hanuman Mandir’s Rajneesh Garg. tnn
