Captain Amarinder Singh, the former chief minister of Punjab, joined the BJP after merging his party - the Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) - with the saffron camp. He joined the BJP in New Delhi in the presence of Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Kiren Rijiju, BJP leader Sunil Jakhar and the party's Punjab chief Ashwani Sharma. Former deputy chief speaker Ajaib Singh Bhatti also joined the BJP. Bhatti was an MLA twice - once from Bhucho and the second time from Malout constituencies. The Captain's son Raninder Singh and his daughter Jai Inder Kaur also joined the BJP, while his wife Praneet Kaur, who is a Congress MP from Patiala, was not present.
Former Punjab CM Shri @capt_amarinder merged his party Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) and joined BJP in presence of senior party leaders at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. #JoinBJP pic.twitter.com/5nMFtU1Hm1
— BJP (@BJP4India) September 19, 2022
Other leaders who joined the BJP were former MLA former Mehal Kalan MLA Harchand Kaur, former Garshankar MLA Love Kumar Goldy and former Ludhiana MP, Amrik Singh Ahliwal and former MLA, Harjinder Singh Thekedar and former Mansa MLA Prem Mittal.
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