"Ask Congress Why": Ex Party Chief In Uttarakhand Joins BJP Before Polls

Kishore Upadhyay was earlier removed from all Congress posts.

A former Uttarakhand Congress chief, expelled by the party yesterday, has joined the BJP days before the February 14 election in the state. Kishore Upadhyay was expelled for "anti-party activities", said the Congress.

"I have joined the BJP with the spirit of taking Uttarakhand forward. You should ask Congress why such a situation has risen," Kishore Upadhyay said after joining the BJP today.

Mr Upadhyay was earlier removed from all Congress posts.

"Since you had been indulging in anti-party activities despite several warnings, so you are hereby expelled from the primary membership of Congress party for six years with immediate effect," the Congress told Mr Upadhyay in a letter.