05/06/2022
Special CorrespondentChandigarh
The Punjab Congress on Saturday suffered a jolt after five senior party leaders, including four former Ministers, left the Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) here.
The former Ministers who joined the BJP are Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora, Raj Kumar Verka and Gurpreet Singh Kangar. Kewal Dhillon, former Congress MLA from Barnala, also joined the BJP.
Mr. Balbir Sidhu was the Health Minister in the previous Congress government, while Sunder Sham Arora was the Industry and Commerce Minister.
Gurpreet Kangar held the position of Revenue Minister while Mr. Verka was the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment and Minorities in the previous government.
They joined the BJP in the presence of Punjab party affairs in-charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, State BJP President Ashwani Sharma and senior leaders Tarun Chugh and Sunil Jakhar.
A few other former MLAs of Shiromani Akali Dal also joined the BJP. They include MLAs Sarup Chand Singla and Mohinder Kaur Josh. Another former Congress MLA Amrik Dhilon also joined the BJP.
‘Ungrateful to party’
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said all those leaders who had deserted the party and joined the BJP had betrayed the Congress like an ungrateful son deserts his mother.
“Scared, they apparently wanted safe, secure political asylum somewhere and the BJP provided it”, he said.
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