India, Nov. 29 -- A day before bypolls to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Aam Aadmi Party suffered a setback as its senior leader and former two-time MLA Rajesh Gupta quit the party and joined the BJP on Saturday.

Gupta, previously a national spokesperson and Karnataka incharge for AAP, was inducted into the BJP in the presence of Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva, who welcomed him with the party stole, according to a statement from the Delhi BJP.

"They (AAP) don't care about the people now who left their jobs during Anna Andolan. Many people want to leave (AAP), and I think they should. It's not easy. They should go somewhere where they get respect; a party which doesn't use and throw their workers," Gupta said.

"I was ...