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NATION FEBRUARY 04, 2022 | The Indian Eye 10

another setback to Rahul

brigade as RPn singh joins BJP

ahead of UP elections

OUR BUREAU
New Delhi/Lucknow
n Tuesday, soon after join-
ing Bharatiya Janata Party
O(BJP), former Union Min-
ister RPN Singh met BJP chief
JP Nadda, Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah, and Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at
the party headquarters in the na-
tional capital. Singh joined BJP
after quitting Congress and said
that he will work as a ‘karyakarta’
towards fulfilling Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s dreams for India.

addressing a press conference
at BJP headquarters today,
singh said, “I spent 32 years in

one political party (Congress).
But that party has not remained
the same as it was before.”
taking a jibe at the Congress

party, the former Union minis-
ter said that the party does not
have the same ideology any-
more. “I had clearly said in my Former Union Minister and Congress leader RPN Singh prior to joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), at the party headquarters,
in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/ Rahul Singh)
press conference that the party
(Congress) is no more the one BJP, Congress removed his name- campaigners for Congress in the Ut- it with courage and a lot of ded-
where I had worked, it is not plate from the party headquarters. tar Pradesh polls. ication. I don’t think this fight is
Hours after RPN Singh joined Congress on Tuesday unleashed meant for cowards,” said Congress
the same ideology anymore. I BJP, party leader Rahul Gandhi on a veiled attack on RPN Singh over spokesperson Supriya Shrinate
would not like to add anything Tuesday unfollowed him on Twit- his resignation by saying that the while addressing a press conference.
battle Congress is fighting only can
But Singh termed the trend of
ter. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra still
further to it,” he said. follows Singh on the microblogging be fought with bravery, coward peo- Congress leaders leaving their party
site along with senior Congress ple can’t fight it. to join other political opponents as
Responding to the speculations functionaries. RPN Singh has also “The battle Congres is putting ‘sad’. “No one is leaving Congress
of his wife Sonia Singh and him con- changed his Twitter cover photo up all across the country, partic- over tickets, the ones leaving are
testing the upcoming Uttar Pradesh as well and uploaded a recent BJP ularly in Uttar Pradesh is a battle those who selflessly served the party
Assembly elections, he said, “I am induction picture alongside which against government resources, its for 25-30 years. In fact, our govern-
the only one in politics. I will defi- has Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP agencies. It’s a battle of ideology, ment was there in Uttar Pradesh for
nitely do what the party asks me to.” UP president Swatantra Dev Singh. truth and to fight a battle as strong over 30 years and people serving the
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