India News | HP Congress Leader Harpreet Singh Rattan Joins BJP
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In a jolt to the Congress two days ahead of the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls, the party's Sirmaur district general secretary Harpreet Singh Rattan joined the BJP on Wednesday.
Shimla, Nov 9 (PTI) In a jolt to the Congress two days ahead of the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls, the party's Sirmaur district general secretary Harpreet Singh Rattan joined the BJP on Wednesday.
According to a statement issued by the BJP here, Rattan is associated with the Poanta Sahib constituency. He joined the party at BJP chief J P Nadda's Delhi residence.
As per the BJP statement, Rattan was upset as the Congress did not respect its workers.
"Today I relinquished all posts and resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party," he said.
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Rattan further said he was impressed by the good policies of the BJP government and its leadership. Himachal Pradesh goes to polls on November 12.
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