<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttarakhand, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) CM candidate in recently concluded Assembly elections, Ajay Kothiyal joined BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and BJP State Unit President Madan Kaushik in Dehradun today.<br />''<br />''Mr Kothiyal was felicitated by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on this occasion. Mr Kothiyal had on last Wednesday resigned from the AAP party.<br />''<br />''In March this year, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party returned to power in Uttarakhand with 47 seats of the 70 Assembly seats.</span>