The former MP joined the BJP in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh at the party headquarters here.
In a significant political development ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, former Haryana Congress president Ashok Tanwar, who recently resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), joined the BJP on Saturday.
The former MP joined the BJP in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh at the party headquarters here.
Tanwar also met BJP national president JP Nadda. The Haryana Chief Minister and state BJP chief Nayab Singh Saini were also present during the meeting.
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On joining the BJP, the former MP said, “I would like to thank the BJP leadership for giving me an opportunity to be part of the party and play an important role in the development of our country.”
“There is a need to bring more transparency to Indian politics,” Tanwar said.
The Congress turncoat and AAP leader in Haryana, on Thursday quit the party, expressing displeasure with the latter’s alignment with the former.
In a letter to AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Tanwar wrote, “In view of the current political scenario and your alignment with the Indian National Congress, my ethics won’t allow me to continue as Chairman, Election Campaign Committee, Aam Aadmi Party Haryana. Therefore, kindly accept my resignation from primary membership and all other responsibilities of the Aam Aadmi Party.”
Tanwar said he would continue to work for the betterment of the state of Haryana, Bharat and its people.
The former Sirsa MP had left the Congress ahead of the 2019 Haryana Assembly polls after differences with former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda erupted over ticket distribution.
At that time he said he would float a new party that would focus on all sections of society and on Delhi’s Dalit and minority population by highlighting the issue of demolition of Ravidas Temple in South Delhi.
Later he switched over to the Trinamool Congress and in April 2022 he joined AAP in the presence of Kejriwal in Delhi.
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