Delhi Congress ex-chief Lovely quits party, joins BJP

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) In a setback to the Congress ahead of the April 23 civic polls, former Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely and former Youth Congress leader Amit Malik quit the party and joined the BJP on Tuesday.

"Former DPCC President Arvinder Singh Lovely, a former Minister, and former Youth Congress leader Amit Malik joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party chief Amit Shah," the Delhi BJP said in a tweet.

Union Minister Vijay Goel, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and BJP’s Lok Sabha member from East Delhi Mahesh Girri were also present on the occasion.