Former PM Chandra Shekar’s son Neeraj Shekar joins BJP

New Delhi | Ex Samajwadi Party leader and son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekar’s son Neeraj Shekar to joined BJP in presence of party general secretary Bhupendra Yadav.

Delhi: Former Samajwadi Party leader Neeraj Shekhar, who is the son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, joins Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of BJP general secretary Bhupender Yadav. pic.twitter.com/WhQktfmcxI

— ANI (@ANI) July 16, 2019

Upset over having been allegedly sidelined, Neeraj Shekhar Monday quit his Rajya Sabha membership on Monday. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu had accepted his resignation. Shekhar’s term in the Upper House was to end in November 2020. After Shekhar’s resignation, Samajwadi Party strength in Rajya Sabha is been reduced to 9 MPs along with 5 Lok Sabha MPs.

Shekhar who earlier met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah in the morning after joining BJP met party working president JP Nadda.

Delhi: Former Samajwadi Party leader Neeraj Shekhar (son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar), met BJP Working President JP Nadda after joining the party, today. pic.twitter.com/79ExRr98d5

— ANI (@ANI) July 16, 2019

Son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, 50-year-old Neeraj Shekhar had been contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Ballia as a Samajwadi Party leader after his father’s death.

After getting elected from Ballia twice in 2007 and 2009, Shekar lost the 2014 polls and the party sent him to Rajya Sabha. But his demand to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Ballia had been rejected by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav who fielded Sanatan Pandey instead from there.

Though Chandra Shekhar was not in Samajwadi Party, SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav never fielded any candidate against him from Ballia. After Chandra Shekhar death in 2007, Yadav had fielded Neeraj Shekhar from the seat on a Samajwadi Party ticket.