Four senior Punjab Congress leaders join BJP

In a serious setback to the Congress in Punjab, 4 of its leaders and former ministers Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora and Gurpreet Singh Kangar joined the BJP right here on Saturday.

Former Congress MLA from Barnala Kewal Dhillon and former SAD MLAs Sarup Chand Singla and Mohinder Kaur Josh additionally joined the BJP.

They joined the BJP within the presence of Union ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Som Parkash, state unit chief Ashwani Sharma, and senior occasion leaders Dushyant Gautam, Tarun Chugh, Sunil Jakhar and Manjinder Singh Sirsa.

Balbir Sidhu, a three-time MLA from Mohali, was the well being minister within the earlier Congress authorities, whereas Gurpreet Kangar, a three-time MLA from Rampura Phul, was the income minister.

Verka, a distinguished Dalit chief from the Majha area, can be a three-time legislator and was the minister for social justice and and empowerment and minorities within the earlier authorities.

Sunder Sham Arora, a former MLA from Hoshiarpur, was the business and commerce minister within the earlier Congress authorities.

Balbir Sidhu’s brother Amarjit Singh Sidhu, who’s the mayor of Mohali company, additionally joined the BJP.

Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah arrived in Chandigarh on Saturday for a gathering with occasion leaders and inaugurating the Khelo India Youth Video games in Haryana’s Panchkula.