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Amarinder Singh Joins BJP, Merges PLC With The Party

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Talking to reporters at the BJP headquarters, Amarinder Singh said he was grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP president JP Nadda

New Delhi: Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh formally joined the BJP on Monday at the party headquarters here in presence of union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Kiren Rijiju.

Amarinder Singh also merged his party Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) with BJP. Earlier in the day, Amarinder Singh met BJP chief JP Nadda in Delhi.

Talking to reporters at the BJP headquarters, Amarinder Singh said he was grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP president JP Nadda.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju hailed Amarinder Singh joining the party and said right-thinking people of the country should be united.

โ€œA sensitive state like Punjab should be handled carefully. During his tenure as CM, he never kept politics before national security,โ€ Rijiju said.

Amarinder made the announcement of joining the BJP after he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on September 12 in Delhi.

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Amarinder Singh served Congress for long years and resigned as Chief Minister in September last year ahead of assembly polls.

He later also resigned from the Congress and formed Punjab Lok Congress which tied up with BJP and SAD (Sanyukt) for the assembly polls held early this year.

Amarinder Singhโ€™s joining the BJP is a big shot in the arm for the party in the border state. The BJP now has a credible Sikh face in Punjab who has been active in state politics for several decades.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Though Shashi Tharoor has not been a part of the Group of 23 Congress leaders, he has been voicing about bringing reforms within the party.

Veteran Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday met the party chief Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath Road residence on Monday. The meeting comes ahead of the Congress presidential election on October 17.

Shashi Tharoor, along with fellow party leaders Deepender Hooda, Jai Prakash Agarwal, and Vijendra Singh reached 10 Janpath Road to meet the Congress president.

Recently, Shashi Tharoor made the headlines, after he hinted that he was planning to run for the Congress presidential post. However, he has not openly endorsed his candidature for the post.

Though Shashi Tharoor has not been a part of the Group of 23 Congress leaders, he has been voicing about bringing reforms within the party.

The G23 is a faction within the grand old party, that had demanded change in the party leadership and several organizational changes.

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The post of Congress president fell vacant after Rahul Gandhi quit in 2019 after a massive defeat in the general elections.

Earlier in the day, Shashi Tharoor endorsed a petition by some young Congress workers, calling on the new party president to implement the Udaipur Declaration in its entirety within the first 100 days of assuming office.

โ€œI welcome this petition that is being circulated by a group of young @INCIndia members, seeking constructive reforms in the Party. It has gathered over 650 signatures so far. I am happy to endorse it & to go beyond it,โ€ the Thiruvananthapuram, MP said in a tweet.

The petition calls for adherence to Gandhian ideology and organizational reforms, including the demand of 50% of the leaders to be under the age of 50 for holding electoral and party posts.

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