Jumping Ship : Another Congress Leader Dumps Party, Kuldeep Bishnoi Set To Join BJP ; Blames Bhupinder Singh Hooda For His Exit

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Expelled Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi resigned as the legislator from the Adampur Constituency in Haryana on Wednesday. He tendered his resignation to the Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta. He is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday.

“Congress is no longer the party of Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi. I will work in the BJP as an ordinary worker,” Bishnoi said.

AS per ANI report, Holding Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Assembly responsible for his exit, Bishnoi said, “Disputes happen in a family but enmity should not arise. BS Hooda had challenged me to resign, and I accepted his challenge. Now, I challenge him to contest elections and win from Adampur constituency.”

Bishnoi said he was impressed by the working style of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal.

Earlier, while addressing a gathering in Hisar, he said, “Rapid work for development can only be done while being in power. We need to strengthen the work done by the CM. I’ll give my resignation (from Congress). We should give a good message even to BJP that a popular leader is joining the party.”

Bishnoi on Tuesday tweeted, “Today, before a new political journey, I reached out to my loved ones and discussed in detail and as always got a lot of love and support, for which I will always be grateful to the people of Adampur. I will never let Adampur lose its honour and respect.”

Last month, expelled Congress MLA from Haryana, Kuldeep Bishnoi met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda.