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In 2019, when veteran Congressman Kripashankar Singh quit the Congress party, he asserted that he would not join the BJP. But embroiled in graft and corruption cases and under continued scrutiny by central agencies, the politician joined the BJP two years later. Now, his social media is flooded with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and he is the BJP’s candidate from UP’s Jaunpur.