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Former Minister and Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh also joined the BJP earlier in the week. A senior leader of the Delhi Congress admitted that these developments could harm the party come Sunday. High-profile defectionsBut in the run-up to the municipal polls, the party has been hit by a series of high-profile defections. The latest being on the eve of polling, with former MLA and Delhi Mahila Congress president Barkha Shukla Singh joining the BJP on Saturday. Congress leaders have admitted that the civic polls are vital for its revival in the city, ahead of the 2019 Parliamentary polls and 2020 Assembly elections..