In Major Blow To BJP, MP Brijendra Singh Joins Congress Ahead Of Lok Sabha Polls

Earlier in the day, Brijendra Singh quit from the primary membership of the BJP.

Hisar BJP MP Brijendra Singh joins Congress

Source : X/@INCIndia

The Bharatiya Janata Party faced a blow on Sunday after MP Brijendra Singh joined the Congress party in Delhi in the presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader Ajay Maken among others.  

As per ABP News sources, the Hisar MP was unlikely to get a ticket by the BJP this time for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls after the saffron party forged an alliance with Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) in Haryana. 

LIVE: Eminent personality joins the INC in the presence of Congress President Shri @Kharge in New Delhi. https://t.co/s1v0rE1mJP

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 10, 2024

In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Singh had defeated JJP's Dushyant Chautala while Congress' Bhavya Bishnoi stood at the third spot. 

Earlier in the day, Brijendra, son of eminent BJP leader and former Union minister Birender Singh said that he was quitting from the primary membership of the saffron party due to "compelling political reasons". 

"I have resigned from the primary membership of BJP,due to compelling political reasons," he said in a social media post on X.  

I have resigned from the primary membership of BJP,due to compelling political reasons.
I extend gratitude to the party, National President Sh. JP Nadda, Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi, & Sh Amit Shah for giving me the opportunity to serve as the Member of Parliament for Hisar.

— Brijendra Singh (@BrijendraSpeaks) March 10, 2024

"I extend gratitude to the party, National President Sh. JP Nadda, Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi, & Sh Amit Shah for giving me the opportunity to serve as the Member of Parliament for Hisar," he added. 

He was a member of the Public Accounts Committee (India) and Standing Committee on Defence (India). 

Brijendra is a former Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1998 batch. He had secures 9th rank in the Civil Services Exam. After serving in the services for 21 years, he took voluntary retirement