Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday joined the BJP in New Delhi. He merged his nascent party, the Punjab Lok Congress, with the BJP in presence of Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Kiren Rijiju. The former royal and Indian Army veteran served as the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab.
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The former Punjab CM joined in the presence of Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Kiren Rijiju, BJP leader Sunil Jakhar, and the party’s Punjab chief Ashwani Sharma. The Captain’s son Raninder Singh and daughter Jai Inder Kaur both joined the BJP, while his wife Praneet Kaur, a Congress MP from Patiala, was absent from the press conference.
Happy to share that @plcpunjab today merged with @BJP4India in the presence of Union ministers @AmitShah, @nstomar, @KirenRijiju and BJP national president @JPNadda Ji.
Will continue to work for the betterment of Punjab. Jai Hind! pic.twitter.com/H9Poy1Ggc3
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) September 19, 2022
In 2021, Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the Congress party and formed his own party Punjab Lok Congress. Amarinder was defeated in his Patiala stronghold by a candidate from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which won the elections handily.
