Shatrughan Sinha joins Congress

Guwahati, April 6, 2019:

The rumors that BJP lawmaker Shatrughana Sinha might join the Congress party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections turned out to be true as the actor-turned-politician finally joined the 'grand old party' on Saturday in the presence of its senior leaders. It may be mentioned that Sinha had met Congress President Rahul Gandhi last week.

Sinha’s relationship with the BJP’s top brass had turned sour in recent times and today, after joining the Congress, he said his former party is inching towards “dictatorship” and added that there is no change or progress in the country under the current leadership.

“Everyone is scared of Modiji in the party. Even the MPs are scared of the Prime Minister. There was no development in secularism or in the actions of the saffron party,” he added.

Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal welcomed Sinha into the party and called him the “best politician who was earlier with the wrong party.”

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, AICC in-charge for party's Bihar unit Shaktisinh Gohil welcomed Sinha into the party.

Sinha, who is the sitting MP from Patna Sabhi in Bihar, will contest for the Constituency on a Congress ticket. His claim to the throne will be challenged by the BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad.