Gandhinagar: In what could be called a jolt for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Gujarat, a large number of AAP workers joined the BJP at the party’s headquarters on Wednesday.

The development comes just days ahead of the much-hyped visit of AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and newly-elected Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, who are scheduled to visit Ahmedabad on April 2 where they are expected to take out a roadshow, officially launching the electioneering process of the party in Gujarat.

Addressing the occasion, Gujarat BJP vice-president Jayanti Kavadiya said that while AAP workers across 11 districts joined BJP, he assured the joinees their capabilities would be put to the right use by the BJP. It targets to win all the 182 assembly seats in Gujarat — a target set by the state BJP president CR Patil.