Former AAP leader joins Akali Dal

Ludhiana: Jyoti Mann, who had unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket from Jalandhar, joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) here on Monday. Deputy Chief Minister and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal welcomed her into the party by presenting her a 'siropa'. Addressing the media, she accused Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal of trying to come to power in the state by hook or by crook. pti