New Delhi, September 28: CPI leader and former JNU Students Union chief Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday joined the Congress saying he wanted to save the idea of India and believed the grand old party alone could lead the ongoing ideological battle against the BJP.
Independent MLA from Gujarat’s Vadgam Jignesh Mevani also “joined in spirit” saying he could not formally take up the AICC membership as he was still a sitting MLA.
“I am with the Congress and will contest next elections on a Congress symbol,” Mevani said.
Both leaders met former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi before addressing reporters even as sections of party leaders privately expressed unease with Kanhaiya’s joining.
