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NEW DELHI: Former minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government and disqualified MLA Kapil Mishra alongwith AAP women's wing chief Richa Pandey joined the BJP here on Saturday. Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel earlier this month had disqualified Mishra under the anti-defection law after he campaigned for the BJP during the Lok Sabha elections in May. Subsequently, he grew close to many Delhi BJP leaders and often shared the stage with them at public events. Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party Chief Spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged that Kapil Mishra, then Delhi Jal Board minister, had created troubles to sabotage the party's interests in Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections. "Mishra used to repeatedly swear in press conferences that he will never join BJP in his life," alleged Bhardwaj..