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Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar joins BJP

Jakhar had quit the Congress last week

PTI05_14_2022_000102B Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar

Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar joins BJP in presence of party chief J.P. Nadda. "I decided to quit Congress when notice was issued to me for speaking my mind," he said. 

Jakhar had quit the Congress last week after lashing out at former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Twitter, saying that he was "not an asset" as portrayed by the party leadership.

A former Lok Sabha member, Jakhar was removed from all party posts by the Congress disciplinary committee following allegations of anti-party activities by certain Punjab unit leaders against him.

He also lashed out at veteran Congress leader Ambika Soni for her statement on the "repercussions of having a Hindu chief minister in Punjab". Jakhar also held Soni's statement as one of the reasons for the Congress' drubbing in the Punjab assembly polls earlier this year.

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