# Harbhajan Singh joins BJP, says AAP ignored his ideas 2026-08-13T15:55:27+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh has said he left the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the BJP because his suggestions on sports were ignored. In an interview with PTI, the 46-year-old said he entered the Rajya Sabha in 2022 on an AAP ticket after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann asked him to, but only to raise sports issues. He claimed no one in AAP responded to his ideas. After Harbhajan and six other AAP MPs joined the BJP in April, protesters burnt his effigy and called him a traitor outside his Jalandhar home. He dismissed the label, saying he did not betray anyone and questioned AAP's unfulfilled promises to Punjab, especially on the state's worsening drug problem. ## Coverage - indiatvnews.com - thefederal.com Tags: AAP, BJP, cricket-politics, Harbhajan Singh, political defection, Rajya Sabha Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/harbhajan-singh-quits-aap-over-ignored-ideas-joins-bjp/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/harbhajan-singh-quits-aap-over-ignored-ideas-joins-bjp/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.