Ex-DGP, former Akali Dal leader from Punjab join BJP
The Hindu
‘They were influenced by party’s farmer-friendly policies’
Several prominent people from Punjab on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including former Director General of Police Sarbdeep Singh Virk.
They joined the BJP in New Delhi in the presence of Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the party’s in-charge for the Punjab Assembly polls. Mr. Shekhawat said the party would get strengthened further in Punjab with the induction of these people.
As speculation over the continuation of Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra in the Cabinet persisted, with the demand for his resignation raised by the BJP in connection with the ₹94 crore scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, his Cabinet colleagues came to his defence on Thursday.