‘We Are Good Friends’: HS Phoolka on Meeting BJP Leader Vijay Goel

Putting the speculation of him joining the BJP to rest, Phoolka said meeting Goel was “no news”.

File image of HS Phoolka.

(Photo: IANS)

HS Phoolka, who recently resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), dismissed reports of joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following his meetings with party leader Vijay Goel.

In a tweet, Phoolka said, that meeting Goel was “no news” and that the two were “good friends”.

Phoolka also added that the Union minister had been helping him with the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases.

Phoolka resigned from AAP on Thursday, 3 January to stay focused on social causes.

A day after resigning, Phoolka explained his reasons to leave the Arvind Kejriwal-led party at a press conference, saying, “Converting an anti-corruption movement into a political party in 2012 was wrong.”

He also said that the movement should have continued while people may have joined politics.

The sources claimed Phoolka was also annoyed over the AAP's stand on the demand to strip former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of the Bharat Ratna for “justifying” the anti-Sikh riots.

Phoolka had served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly and is an MLA from the Dakha constituency.

(With inputs from PTI)