Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Hisar Lok Sabha member Brijendra Singh on Sunday quit the party due to “compelling political reasons” and joined the Congress within a few hours. He later also resigned as the Lok Sabha member.
Formally joining the Congress in the presence of party’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Mr. Singh said that he took the decision to quit the BJP as he was “uncomfortable” and “not in agreement” over a few issues, including the farmers movement, the Agniveer scheme and the wrestlers protest. “I am grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP for the five-year term as Lok Sabha member. But I had to take this decision since I was not comfortable over some political issues that had come up over the long time,” said Mr. Singh.
His resignation, however, came amid the speculations of a possible alliance between the BJP and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election and the latter eyeing the Hisar and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats.
