In a significant political shift, five Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of crucial internal elections. The councillors cited corruption and lack of development in their wards as reasons for their defection. BJP leaders, including Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, attributed the switch to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's effective leadership and welfare schemes. This move comes after the Supreme Court ruled that the Lieutenant Governor can nominate aldermen without consulting the elected government, a decision seen as favoring the BJP. The defections reduce AAP's councillor count to 128, while the BJP's total rises to 111, complicating the power dynamics in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The five councillors who switched allegiance are Ram Chander, Pawan Sehrawat, Mamata Pawan, Sugandha Bidhuri, and Manju Nirmal.