"To ensure good governance and freedom from moral and economic corruption, social activists have come together to form this political party. I have decided to join it," he said in a statement.
"I want to be an active part of this social revolution -- thus joining AAP is my natural choice," he said.
Phoolka has been taking up the causes of victims of anti-Sikh riots in Delhi in 1984.
Image: H S Phoolka
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