Two Punjab Congress leaders, including its national secretary Tajinder Pal Singh Bittu, joined the BJP in New Delhi on April 20 as the ruling party at the Centre bolsters its ranks in the State ahead of the Lok Sabha polls there.
Mr. Bittu announced his resignation from the Congress hours before joining the BJP.
He and Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, the wife of late Congress veteran Santokh Singh Chaudhary, joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and its national general secretary Vinod Tawde.