India, March 15 -- In a setback to the party, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) deputy leader and Chabbewal MLA Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal, 53, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after resigning from the Congress and the assembly on Friday.

Dr Chabbewal was inducted into the party by chief minister Bhagwant Mann at his official residence in Chandigarh. The ruling AAP, which named its candidates for eight of the 13 Lok Sabha seats on Thursday, may field him from Hoshiarpur reserved parliamentary constituency.

Dr Chabbewal was the Congress candidate from Hoshiarpur in 2019, but lost to BJP's Som Parkash by 48,530 votes.

Senior Congress leaders made a last-minute bid to convince Chabbewal not to leave the party, but their efforts proved to be fu...