Ex-DGP, former SAD neta, industrialist join BJP before Punjab polls
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Ex-DGP, former SAD neta, industrialist join BJP before Punjab polls
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NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Punjab assembly polls, several prominent people from the state, including former director general of police Sarbdeep Singh Virk, joined BJP at the party headquarters here on Friday. Union minister and BJP’s in-charge for Punjab Gajendra Singh Shekhawat welcomed them into the party and said that their induction will further strengthen the organisation in the state. Virk, former chairman of Punjab cooperative bank Avtar Singh Zira, industrialist Harcharan Singh Ranauta and former SAD member Sarabjit Singh Makkar were among those who joined BJP. Several noted personalities from Punjab have joined the party in the past few days and some more are expected to join the party. SAD functionary Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who had organised the farmers’ protests in New Delhi and other nearby places, joined the saffron party two days back. After joining, Makkar said he had announced earlier that the day the three contentious farm laws were withdrawn, he will join BJP. “I have joined the party as I had promised earlier,” Makkar said. Virk said he was inspired to join BJP over the policies and functioning of the Narendra Modi government.
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The Times of India
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2021-12-04
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India