Veteran Congress Leader AK Antony’s Son Anil Antony Joins BJP

New Delhi: Anil Antony, the son of Congress leader and former Union Minister AK Antony, joined the BJP today.

Anil Antony, who was a Congress leader from Kerala, quit the party in January following the row over BBC’s documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BJP leaders Piyush Goyal and V Murlidharan and the party’s Kerala unit chief K Surendran welcomed the former Congress leader to their party at a formal event today.