Seven former MLAs and one ex-MP also join the saffron party

Seven former MLAs and one ex-MP also join the saffron party

Seven former MLAs and one ex-MP also join the saffron party

Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, along with seven former MLAs and one former MP, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday. Singh also merged his Punjab Lok Congress with the saffron party.

Singh, had met BJP president J.P. Nadda earlier in the day, was welcomed to the BJP by Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju at a function held in Delhi. Others who joined the party included former deputy speaker of Punjab Assembly Ajaib Singh Bhatti.

Singh had floated the PLC last year after quitting the Congress following his unceremonious exit as chief minister. The PLC contested the elections in alliance with the BJP and the Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyuk). However, none of its candidates could register a win, with Singh himself losing from his home turf of Patiala Urban. 

The 80-year-old veteran had recently undergone a spinal surgery at a hospital in London. After returning, he had met both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

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