Okavango MP Bagalatia Arone's alleged defection to Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has shocked opposition councillors and activists in his constituency, after the legislator launched a massive campaign to recruit them to join the ruling party. The councillor for Nxamasere/Samochima ward Gaopalelwe Ronald revealed that Arone has been calling him endlessly recruiting him to join the BDP with him. Ronald said that the campaign Manager for Arone in 2014 called him over the weekend to meet him and Arone in one of the lodges in Shakawe. “I met with him and he told me that he is leaving the BCP and joining the BDP.” Councillor Ronald said Arone told him two reasons for him to leaving the opposition. “He told me that the Okavango constituency has been under the opposition for a long time and there has been no development coming to the area and joining the BDP will bring development to the area,” he said, adding that another reason is looking at his future beyond politics and he is making investment for his children. Ronald also disclosed that Arone promised him that if they follow him to the BDP there is a package for them. “Arone told me that he…