Kamaljeet Karwal left Congress, joined BJP
Congress leader Kamaljit Singh Karwal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of BJP state president Sunil Jakhar and other leaders at the party office in Chandigarh.
In his resignation letter addressed to Indian National Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Karwal said he was resigning from the Congress because of the policies of the party leadership and its arrogance, where no one was willing to listen. Questions from Congress leaders.
In a statement to The Tribune, Karwal said that a strong leadership is needed at this time and this is not possible without BJP. Karwal stood with Simarjit Singh Bains, Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress and has now joined BJP.
He said that he maintained silence for about two years and did not ask anyone about the Congress’s vision or its direction and felt that his political career had reached its end. But he said he felt good when BJP leaders recognized his value and asked him to unite the party for the betterment of Punjab and the country. “We will work for the party, we will ensure that the BJP forms the government at the Center and in Punjab,” Karwal said.
Karwal was also jailed in a controversial case of assault on a tehsildar.
Other leaders who joined the BJP in Chandigarh include two-time Congress councilor Parminder Mehta, Congress district general secretary Rakesh Sehgal, Baljinder Singh Kahlon, Gurpreet Singh Gopi, Sukhdev Singh Shira, Ranjit Ubbi, Parminder Singh, Mandeep Jindal and Jaspreet Singh. .Singh Jassi. Many of them are Congress councilors or block presidents.
