Gahlot had resigned on Sunday (18 November) as Delhi minister and AAP membership, saying that political ambitions have overtaken the party's commitment towards people, leaving many promises unfulfilled. On Monday (19 November), Gahlot joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

On August 15, Kejriwal was in jail in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. He had conveyed that current CM and then minister Atishi should hoist the national flag in his absence. The L-G, however,

Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot recently resigned from his post and from the Aam Aadmi Party on the grounds that political ambitions have supplanted AAP’s commitment to the people