Actor turned politician and MP from Patna Sahib , Shatrughan Sinha finally joined the Congress party. Sinha had met Congress president Rahul Gandhi few days earlier hinting of his joining the party. Now it has become official.
72 year-old Sinha joined the Congress in presence of Congress communications in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala and Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal .
Sinha tweeted his entry into the Congress
. I’m hopeful that the Grand Old National Party which I’m stepping into, will provide me with opportunities to serve our people, society and nation in terms of unity, prosperity, progress, development, and glory. This is a party of great nation builders and luminaries like
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) April 6, 2019
In another tweet Sinha wrote about his exit from the BJP
It’s with a heavy heart and immense pain that I finally bid adieu to my old party, for reasons best known to all of us, on 6th April, which also happens to be the Sansthapna Diwas of BJP.
I don’t hold any ill will for our people as they were like my family and I was groomed in— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) April 6, 2019