Anxious to halt BJP’s winning spree, satraps throw weight behind AAP

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday joined the growing procession of anti-BJP satraps to back Aam Aadmi Party’s energetic bid to beat the saffron party in the Delhi polls.

“My request to all of you in Delhi is to please vote for AAP. For the greater need of the country and development of Delhi,” Banerjee tweeted, joining archrival CPM general secretary Prakash Karat as well as JD(U) leaders Sharad Yadav and Nitish Kumar who have come out to back AAP