Haryana Congress leader Birender Singh set to join BJP
1 Aug 2014 6:44 AM IST
After a series of desertions in the election year, the ruling Congress in Haryana may face another jolt as its senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Birender Singh, who has openly revolted against the chief minister, appears set to dump the party and join BJP.
Singh, who had met BJP chief Amit Shah in Delhi two days ago fuelling speculations that he may switch over to the saffron camp, on Thursday said he would attend a rally at Kaithal on August 18, to which Shah too has been invited.
Asked if he would join BJP at the rally, Singh, a known detractor of CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said: ‘There I will make a formal announcement regarding my next step’. Asked if this means he would join BJP, he said, ‘that is your interpretation’ and declined to make any further comment.
Singh, who had met BJP chief Amit Shah in Delhi two days ago fuelling speculations that he may switch over to the saffron camp, on Thursday said he would attend a rally at Kaithal on August 18, to which Shah too has been invited.
Asked if he would join BJP at the rally, Singh, a known detractor of CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said: ‘There I will make a formal announcement regarding my next step’. Asked if this means he would join BJP, he said, ‘that is your interpretation’ and declined to make any further comment.
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