Former Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday joined the BJP in New Delhi and also announced the merger of his party, the Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) with the same.
At a function at the BJP’s national headquarters in New Delhi, Mr. Singh was welcomed into the BJP along with his supporters by Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Kiren Rijiju.
Along with Capt. Amarinder, his son Raninder Singh and daughter Jai Inder Kaur also joined the BJP. The PLC had been launched by Mr. Singh last year after he quit the Congress following his unceremonious exit as Chief Minister. However, his party failed to win any seat in the State Assembly polls. He himself lost from his home turf of Patiala Urban.
