UP Election: Congress' RPN Singh moves to BJP, calls it a "new beginning"

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UP Election: Congress' RPN Singh moves to BJP, calls it a "new beginning" (Image: Twitter/ANI)
UP Election: Congress' RPN Singh moves to BJP, calls it a "new beginning" (Image: Twitter/ANI)

New Delhi : Former Union Minister RPN Singh on Tuesday joined hands with Bharatiya Janata Party, and said that "new chapter in his political journey".

RPN Singh, who is from eastern UP's Kushinagar, was among the Congress' biggest leaders in the state and is on the list of star campaigners for the party announced just yesterday.

He shared his resignation letter from Congress on Twitter.

"Today, at a time, we are celebrating the formation of our great Republic, I begin a new chapter in my political journey. Jai Hind," he wrote, sharing his brief letter.



Mr Singh is likely to contest as a BJP candidate in Padrauna, his stronghold, opposite Swami Prasad Maurya, who recently quit the BJP.

Earlier in the day, RPN Singh had changed his Twitter bio and dropped "Congress", fuelling massive speculation. "My motto India, First, Always," reads his bio, which earlier referred to his Congress designations including AICC (All India Congress Committee) in-charge.

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