Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP MP from Haryana’s Hisar Brijendra Singh on Sunday resigned from the primary membership of the saffron party and joined the Congress.

The MP from Hisar Lok Sabha constituency announced his resignation citing “compelling political reasons” on social media platform X.

“I have resigned from the primary membership of BJP due to compelling political reasons. I extend gratitude to the party, National President Sh. JP Nadda, Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi, & Sh Amit Shah for giving me the opportunity to serve as the Member of Parliament for Hisar,” Singh said in his post.

Immediately after quitting the BJP, Brijendra Singh reached Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence in the national capital and joined the grand old party.

After joining the Congress, Brijendra Singh said, “…One issue that was raised in the rally in Jind on 2nd October was about the alliance of BJP-JJP in Haryana. A decision was taken regarding it and that too is a reason (for quitting BJP).”

The BJP, earlier this month released the first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP, as anticipated, unveiled its initial roster of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, comprising more than 195 names.

Notable figures such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 34 Union Ministers and Ministers of States feature prominently in this list. It also includes the name of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla along with two former Chief Ministers.

The first list of 195 candidates of the BJP included 28 women, 47 youth, 27 Scheduled Castes, 18 Scheduled Tribes and 57 OBCs.

The party announced 51 candidates in Uttar Pradesh, 24 in Madhya Pradesh, 15 each in Gujarat and Rajasthan, 20 for West Bengal, 12 in Kerala, 11 each for Assam, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, nine in Telangana, five for Delhi, two for Jammu and Kashmir, two for Arunachal Pradesh, one for Goa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Daman and Diu also.

However, the party has not released names of candidates for any of the seats in Haryana.

The Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress, both part of the opposition bloc INDIA will contest in alliance.

As per the agreement reached by both the parties, the AAP will contest Kurukshetra seat while the Congress will contest the remaining nine seats in the state.