Former Army Chief General Joginder Jaswant Singh on Tuesday joined the BJP in the presence of the party leadership, including Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Shekhawat and Punjab BJP President Ashwini Sharma welcomed Singh to the party here.
The former army chief had left the Shiromani Akali Dal in 2018. General JJ Singh had joined the SAD in 2017 and contested against the then Congress leader Amarinder Singh from Patiala during the assembly elections that year. JJ Singh, who also served as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, was the first Sikh to be appointed as the Army Chief in 2005. Polling for 117 assembly seats in Punjab is to be held on February 20 and the counting of votes will take place. March 10.
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