New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): Imran Masood, who is all set to join Congress on October 7 after getting expelled from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in August, said an era of transformation has started after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra.

This will be a homecoming for Masood as ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 2022 he was with Congress, but later he joined the Samajwadi Party and then BSP.

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"In the current situation, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi did Bharat Jodo Yatra. An era of transformation started after that...Earlier too, when I was in the party, I had a great working experience. Unfortunately, for 1-1.5 years I was not a part of the party. Now I am doing 'ghar wapsi'," said Masood a day ahead of Joining Congress.

Earlier speaking to ANI on Wednesday, Imran Masood said "It is a matter of happiness for me that I am joining the party. Rahul and Priyanka Ji are with us. I have worked together with them before and now there is a need for everyone to work together. I will join the party at AICC headquarters in Delhi."

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Speaking on his expulsion from BSP, Masood said, "My thinking in BSP was that everyone should work together, I don't know who explained it to Behan Ji (Mayawati) in what way. I just said that it is the need of the hour that you should come into the alliance. Because of this, they expelled me and as of now I am not in any party." (ANI)

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