<p>Ahmedabad: More than a month after he resigned as a member of the Gujarat legislative assembly, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Bhupendra Bhayani on Wednesday said that he will join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) early next month.</p>.<p>He claimed that he is all set to join the BJP along with his 2,000-odd supporters at a public rally in Visavadar constituency, which he represented earlier, in Junagadh district on February 3.</p>.<p>"I will join the BJP on February 3. We have organised a programme in my native village Bhesan (in Junagadh), where I will join the BJP along with my supporters in the presence of the party's state unit president C R Paatil," Bhayani told reporters.</p>.SC stays criminal defamation trial against AAP MP Sanjay Singh in Gujarat court.<p>"I will continue to work for the public and the development of my constituency. As far as allotting a ticket for the by-election is concerned, it will be up to the party (BJP) leadership to decide," he added.</p>.<p>Bhayani had on December 13 last year handed over his resignation to Gujarat assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary in Gandhinagar.</p>.<p>He was one of the five MLAs of the AAP elected in the last year's state polls, which the BJP won with a thumping majority by bagging 156 seats in the 182-member assembly.</p>.<p>It was for the first time that the AAP won seats in the Gujarat assembly polls.</p>
<p>Ahmedabad: More than a month after he resigned as a member of the Gujarat legislative assembly, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Bhupendra Bhayani on Wednesday said that he will join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) early next month.</p>.<p>He claimed that he is all set to join the BJP along with his 2,000-odd supporters at a public rally in Visavadar constituency, which he represented earlier, in Junagadh district on February 3.</p>.<p>"I will join the BJP on February 3. We have organised a programme in my native village Bhesan (in Junagadh), where I will join the BJP along with my supporters in the presence of the party's state unit president C R Paatil," Bhayani told reporters.</p>.SC stays criminal defamation trial against AAP MP Sanjay Singh in Gujarat court.<p>"I will continue to work for the public and the development of my constituency. As far as allotting a ticket for the by-election is concerned, it will be up to the party (BJP) leadership to decide," he added.</p>.<p>Bhayani had on December 13 last year handed over his resignation to Gujarat assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary in Gandhinagar.</p>.<p>He was one of the five MLAs of the AAP elected in the last year's state polls, which the BJP won with a thumping majority by bagging 156 seats in the 182-member assembly.</p>.<p>It was for the first time that the AAP won seats in the Gujarat assembly polls.</p>