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In jolt for the Congress, Former Union minister and MoS Home RPN Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
Welcoming RPN Singh into the BJP party fold were Union Ministers – Dharmendra Pradhan, Anurag Thakur, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya.
#WATCH Former Union minister & Congress leader RPN Singh joins Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi, ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections pic.twitter.com/HTGrFoNHDK
— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2022
After joining he told ANI, said, “I spent 32 years in one political party (Congress). I had clearly said in my press conference that the party is no more the one where I had worked; it is not the same ideology anymore. I would not like to add anything further to it. I will work as a ‘Karyakarta’ towards fulfilling PM Modi’s dreams for India.”
After he joined the BJP, Singh tweeted
This is a new beginning for me and I look forward to my contribution to nation building under the visionary leadership & guidance of the Honourable Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi, BJP President Shri @JPNadda ji & Honourable Home Minister @AmitShah ji.
— RPN Singh (@SinghRPN) January 25, 2022
Responding to speculations of his wife, senior journalist Sonia Singh( Editorial Director NDTV) and him contesting the Uttar Pradesh elections, Singh said, “I am the only one in politics. I will definitely do what the party asks me to.”
