SHIMLA: Shelly Sharma, the only CPM member in Shimla Municipal Corporation in Himachal Pradesh, has joined the BJP. Shelly is the councillor from the Summer Hill ward of the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC). She joined the BJP during the Shimla Mandal Executive meeting.

BJP district president Ravi Mehta said that it was a matter of pride for the BJP that leaders from Left parties were joining the party. He said that more leaders were joining the party as they were impressed by the works of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.