Former Gujarat minister Jainarayan Vyas, who resigned from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party earlier this month, on Monday joined the opposition Congress.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge inducted 75-year-old Vyas into the party in Ahmedabad.
Rajasthan Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Ashok Gehlot also welcomed Vyas into the party.
When Vyas was a minister in the BJP government in Gujarat Narendra Modi Was the Chief Minister.
He resigned from BJP on 5 November.
Elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly are to be held on December 5.
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