New Delhi, September 20: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has appointed former Jharkhand Congress president Ajoy Kumar as its national spokesperson. The announcement was made by AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday. "The Aam Aadmi Party has appointed @drajoykumar as National Spokesperson. Welcome aboard brother," he said in a tweet. Alka Lamba to Quit AAP, Return to Congress Ahead of Delhi Assembly Elections.

This comes a day after Kumar joined the AAP in the presence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. After being inducted into the party, the 57-year-old former IPS officer had said that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party is the answer to today's politics.In August, Kumar had resigned from the post of Jharkhand Congress president. Alka Lamba, Rebel AAP MLA, Meets Sonia Gandhi, Likely to Join Congress Ahead of 2020 Delhi Assembly Polls.

He was elected to the Lok Sabha in July 2011 in a mid-term election on a ticket of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik).He joined the Congress in August 2014 and was appointed the party's state unit president in November 2017.