Naveen Jindal Joins BJP. (Photo: News18)
The chairman of Jindal Steel and Power entered Lok Sabha in 2004 from Haryana’s Kurukshetra seat and was reelected in the 2009 polls
Congress leader and former MP Naveen Jindal on Sunday announced his resignation from the party and joined the BJP, weeks before polling for the Lok Sabha elections.
The chairman of Jindal Steel and Power entered Lok Sabha in 2004 from Haryana’s Kurukshetra seat and was reelected in the 2009 polls.
In an X post, Jindal thanked the Congress leadership and former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
wrote, “I represented Congress Party in Parliament as MP from Kurukshetra for 10 years. I thank the Congress leadership and the then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Today I am resigning from the primary membership of the Congress Party.”
After joining the BJP, Jindal said he wanted to contribute to the ‘Viksit Bharat’ dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Today is a very important day of my life. I am proud that I joined the BJP today and I will be able to serve the nation under the leadership of PM Modi. I want to contribute to the ‘Viksit Bharat’ dream of PM Modi,” he said.
The industrialist had also served as a member of various committees of the Parliament during his tenure as Lok Sabha MP.
