He is nephew of BJP state unit chief Sunil Jakhar
A former Punjab Congress president, who left the party in May 2022 after a five-decade association of his clan, Jakhar, a Hindu Jat, is expected to help the party shed its image of an urban party in the state.
A1985-batch former Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer, Jagmohan Singh Raju (59), joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab before the February 2022 Assembly polls after 35 years of service.
Amid speculation on Ashok Gehlot's replacement as Rajasthan Chief Minister following his bid for Congress presidency, former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in May, took a jibe at the Congress party and questioned: "who will be the Channi of Rajasthan?"
BJP's national president JP Nadda inducted Sunil Jakhar into the party at the national headquarters in the national capital today.
The former chief minister of Punjab said more leaders were likely to desert the sinking ship in the coming days.
Days after quitting the Congress party. Jakhar, who is a non-Sikh face of Punjab, was upset with Rahul Gandhi, resigned from the Congress on Saturday during a Facebook Live after he was stripped from all posts.
Days after the Congress' disciplinary panel recommended his suspension from the party for two years and removed him from all posts, former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Saturday announced his decision to quit the party.
AAP condemns Congress’s behaviour towards Jakhar and hopes Congress will act as a responsible political party in these elections, he added.
In the video that has gone viral, Jakhar, who is chairman of the Congress campaign committee, is heard saying in Punjabi that he has no complaints
