Captain Amarinder Singh Joins BJP; Merges His Newly Formed Party

New Delhi: The former chief minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday joined the BJP after merging his party – the Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) – with the saffron camp.

The former Congress leader was inducted into the BJP by law minister Kiren Rijiju in the presence of agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

Singh, who recently returned from London after undergoing spinal surgery, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah several times in the last two weeks.

Following his meeting with Shah on September 12, Captain spoke about their very productive discussion on various issues related to national security, rising cases of narco-terrorism in Punjab and the future roadmap for the state’s overall holistic development.

Captain Singh, who also contested the election from the Patiala assembly seat, was defeated by the AAP candidate by a margin of 19,873 votes.

He had formed the party after he was forced by Congress to resign from the chief minister’s post in September 2021. He was replaced by Charanjit Singh Channi. Later, he announced an alliance with the BJP ahead of the 2022 Punjab Assembly election.