Senior Congress Leader RPN Singh Joins BJP Ahead of UP Election

New Delhi: In a major setback to Congress just ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, Former Union Minister RPN Singh on Tuesday joined BJP, soon after quitting Congress.

RPN Singh was the Jharkhand in-charge and ex-MP from Kushinagar constituency.

On Tuesday, RPN Sing took to the micro-blogging Twitter and announced that he has resigned from the Congress and tweeted his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi.

"Today, at a time, we are celebrating the formation of our great Republic, I begin a new chapter in my political journey. Jai Hind," he tweeted.

''This is a new beginning for me and I look forward to my contribution to nation building under the visionary leadership & guidance of the Honourable Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi, BJP President Shri @JPNadda ji & Honourable Home Minister @AmitShah ji,'' he said in another tweet.

According to reports, he is likely to contest to contest the UP polls against Swami Prasad Maurya, who recently quit the BJP and joined the Samajwadi Party.

Notably, Singh was on the list of the Congress's star campaigners for UP announced just yesterday. However, according to reports was upset with the party for a while and had felt sidelined in the campaign led by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in UP.

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