MEERUT: In a very delicate political trapeze act, Ram Kumar Kashyap , the Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate from Nakur assembly constituency in Saharanpur joined the BJP on Monday, just two days before polling. As he cannot withdraw his candidature, he will now be campaigning against himself and supporting the BJP candidate from the constituency.Kashyap defected to the BJP in a dramatic announcement at the dais of a rally addressed by the party’s national president Amit Shah . After he led his supporters to pledge allegiance to the BJP, Kashyap asked the people not to vote for him and instead vote for the BJP candidate.“I will no longer ask for votes for the handpump (election symbol of the RLD), but instead for the lotus (the BJP symbol),” Kashyap declared from the dais to loud cheers from BJP supporters.“I have been insulted by the RLD leaders and I could not tolerate it any longer and have decided to join the BJP. I will now work for the party. My supporters are also with me, and they will also try and help the BJP in this election in whatever way they can,” said Kashyap.Dharam Singh Saini, sitting MLA and BJP candidate from Nakur, was visibly pleased with the turn of events. “It is a very good move by Kashyap ji. RLD is a party which doesn’t respect its people. We welcome him in the BJP with open arms. His supporters and he will now campaign for me in the constituency. In fact, they have already begun. They have gone to remote areas to tell people there to not vote for Kashayap ji, but for me,” said Saini.Saini himself is no stranger to switching parties. He is currently an MLA of the BSP, but is contesting the 2017 assembly polls on a BJP ticket.The RLD denied knowledge of the development. “I am not aware of this,” said Trilok Tyagi, general secretary of the RLD.