Former CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar and Gujarat dalit leader Jignesh Mevani joined the Congress on Tuesday. The duo joined the grand old party at a function held at the AICC headquarters in Delhi in the presence of party leader Rahul Gandhi.
Kumar had joined the Communist Party of India (CPI) ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election and had unsuccessfully contested from Begusarai in Bihar against Giriraj Singh of the BJP.
Mevani, who is currently a legislator in Gujarat and represents the Vadgam constituency, is the convener of the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (RDAM).
He is a lawyer-activist and a former journalist. Mevani''s entry into the Congress comes at a time when it is wooing the scheduled castes community after making one amongst them the chief minister of Punjab.
