New Delhi, March 28: Lok Sabha MP and rebel BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday met Congress President Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, bringing all speculations to rest.
Talking to reporters after his meeting, Sinha said “we will give you a positive news during Navaratri. I will join Congress now.”
In a related development, senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil said that Sinha will join the Congress on April 6. “BJP MP Shatrugna Sinha ji met our Congress President Shri @RahulGandhi today and in national interest has decided to join Congress. He will formally join Congress on April 6,” Gohil tweeted.
Bihar Congress election campaign committee chairman Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Wednesday said that Shatrughan Sinha would join the party “in New Delhi on March 28 at 11.30 am”. He had also said that the Congress will field Sinha from Patna Sahib in Lok Sabha poll.
Sinha had recently praised Rahul Gandhi for promising to implement a minimum income guarantee scheme for the poor if the Congress wins the Lok Sabha poll. Calling Gandhi a “master of situation”, Sinha said that the narrative for Lok Sabha election has been set by the Congress president.
It is to be noted that Shatrughan Sinha is a two-time sitting BJP Member of Parliament from Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat and has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he became the PM in 2014. The BJP has taken note of Sinha’s rebellious behavior and this is the main reason why the party has denied him ticket this time. The BJP has fielded Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad as the party’s candidate from Patna Sahib constituency.
