Overview
- Priyanka Kakkar, a decade-long AAP organiser and the party’s national spokesperson since 2023, resigned and formally joined the Congress on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
- At a Congress event she said she "could no longer defend the indefensible," accusing AAP leaders of accepting bungalows, cars and private chopper travel after promising to reject such perks.
- Kakkar endorsed Rahul Gandhi’s critique of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and raised concerns about electoral roll revisions and voters’ rights when explaining her switch.
- The Congress welcomed Kakkar alongside former UP MLA Shyam Sunder Sharma and Rajat Rakesh Tandon, framing the additions as recruitment that strengthens its outreach and opposition unity ahead of key state polls.
- The Delhi BJP seized on Kakkar’s exit to question AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s stewardship and highlight a pattern of prominent women leaving the party, turning the departure into a political messaging fight.