Jaipur, Apr 14 (PTI) Former IPS officer Roop Singh Meena, a retired Air Commodore, and 233 other people from various political parties and social organisations joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday.

According to a statement issued by the BJP, a total of 235 people, which included retired administrative officers, took membership of the BJP.

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Among those who joined the party were former BJP rebel candidate from Gangapur City, C L Saini, retired IPS officer Roop Singh Meena, retired Air Commodore Ajay Singhal, state president of Tamarwati Rajput Sabha, Shivraj Singh, and retired deputy director of DLB, Rupesh Kant Vyas.

Joining Committee Convenor Arun Chaturvedi, former minister Prabhulal Saini and BJP state vice president Narayan Panchariya were present during the joining.

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The party said that the joining was held at the state party headquarters, where various Padma awardees from the art and cultural field also lent support to the BJP and called for a third time encore of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.

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