Kuldeep Bishnoi joins BJP a day after leaving Congress
New Delhi, August 4: Former Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi.
The ex-Congressman was inducted into the party in presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, a day after resigning from the state Assembly.
The 53-year-old politician was expelled from all party positions by the Congress soon after he cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls in June.
His resignation from the Haryana Assembly has necessitated a byelection from the Adampur seat in the Hisar district.
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Notably, the four-time MLA and two-time MP raised a revolt banner when the party skipped over him for the post of Haryana unit president during a reorganization earlier this year.
Earlier on Tuesday, Bishnoi met with his supporters in Adampur and sought their advice on joining the BJP. Following that, he informed them that the long exile had come to an end.
He stated that, in response to the people of the Adampur constituency's demand, he will travel to Chandigarh on August 3 and resign as MLA, and then join the BJP with his supporters on August 4.
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