LoK Sabha Elections 2024: Prominent BJP chief in Haryana and former Union minister Birender Singh has introduced his resignation from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that he will probably be becoming a member of the Congress celebration. Singh’s determination to join the Congress comes a month after his son, Brijendra Singh, resigned from the Lok Sabha and left the BJP and joined the grand previous celebration.
Birender Singh’s spouse, Prem Lata, who beforehand served as a BJP MLA in Haryana, additionally resigned from the ruling celebration.
Birender Singh to join Congress on Tuesday
Speaking at a press convention in Delhi, Birender Singh mentioned, “I have resigned from the primary membership of the BJP and sent my resignation to party chief J P Nadda. My wife Prem Lata, who remained MLA from 2014-2019, has also quit the party. Tomorrow, we will join the Congress.”
Birender Singh had joined the BJP practically 10 years in the past after being related to the Congress for over 4 many years.
Birender resigned from the Upper House in 2020 after Brijendra, a 1998-batch IAS officer who opted for voluntary retirement to enter politics, was elected Hisar MP.
Hisar MP Brijendra Singh joins Congress
Last month, Brijendra Singh, Hisar MP and Birender Singh’s son, resigned from the first membership of the BJP and had joined the grand previous celebration. The Hisar MP introduced his resignation on social media platform X citing ‘compelling political causes’.
Singh joined the Congress quickly after asserting the resignation from the first membership of the BJP.
The Hisar MP, after resigning from the BJP had mentioned that the BJP’s determination to ally with the Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) was additionally one of many causes for his exit from the celebration.
Father-son duo opposed BJP’s stance
The father-son duo had continuously opposed the BJP’s stance on varied issues previously.
In 2020, they aligned with the protesting farmers in demanding the withdrawal of the now-repealed farm legal guidelines. Additionally, each leaders confirmed assist for wrestlers who protested towards former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh amid allegations of sexual harassment.
The state will go to polls in a single section on May 25. The outcomes will probably be declared on June 4.
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