Jolt To BJP: Ex-Union Min Birender Singh, wife Prem Lata rejoin Congress after 10 years in BJP

DN Bureau

Their joining comes a month after their son Brijendra Singh, an outgoing MP from Hisar, joined the Congress after quitting the BJP. Read further on Dynamite News:

Birender Singh and wife Prem Lata rejoin Congress
Birender Singh and wife Prem Lata rejoin Congress


New Delhi: Former Union minister Birender Singh and his ex-MLA wife Prem Lata joined the Congress on Tuesday, a decade after quitting the party.

Their joining comes a month after their son Brijendra Singh, an outgoing MP from Hisar, joined the Congress after quitting the BJP.

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Birender Singh joined the BJP nearly 10 years ago after over four-decade stint with Congress. He was the Union Steel Minister in the first government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

Birender Singh (78) is the maternal grandson of farmer leader Sir Chhotu Ram and had quit the Congress in 2014 to join the BJP.

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Asked why he quit the BJP, Birender Singh said he had been with the Congress for 42 years but left to join the BJP in 2014 due to "certain reasons". "When I joined BJP, I knew the ideology of this party would be different and there would be some differences between the ideologies of the two parties..." (Agencies) 










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