Ahead of the parliamentary elections, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Punjab’s Patiala, Dharamvira Gandhi, on April 1 joined the Congress party.
Dr. Gandhi was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2014 as an AAP candidate, but was later suspended from the party for speaking against its central leadership. He also merged his Nawan Punjab Party, which was floated after his separation from the AAP, into the Congress.
Dr. Gandhi was inducted into the Congress at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of senior party leader Pawan Khera and Punjab Congress in-charge Devender Yadav, among others.