Shiromani Akali Dal leader and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat here. Shekhawat, the BJP’s in-charge for the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls, said the inclusion of Sirsa in the party would certainly help in the early next year elections in the state.
Sirsa has been a prominent face of the Akali Dal in the national capital and was a strong supporter of farmers’ protests against three controversial agricultural laws. Parliament recently passed a bill to repeal three laws, seen as an attempt by the BJP to pacify protesting farmers, a large number of whom are Sikhs from Punjab. Pradhan said the joining of Sirsa would strengthen the BJP and added that he had given up his post in the DSGMC before joining the party.
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