Congress’ Manpreet S Badal resigns from the primary membership of the party; joins BJP

New Delhi: Manpreet S Badal resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party today. He joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal in Delhi.

Delhi | Manpreet S Badal joins the BJP in presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal.

He, today, resigned from the primary membership of the Congress party. https://t.co/nx9VEzhlK3 pic.twitter.com/r9eOS2SEVV

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2023

His resignation comes a day after Congress Deepika Pushkar Nath, Jammu and Kashmir Congress spokesperson resigned from the party on Tuesday.

Addressing the letter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Manpreet Badal wrote that a coterie of men in Delhi is running affairs in Punjab.

Here is the letter:

pic.twitter.com/btAyazaiYX

— Manpreet Singh Badal (@MSBADAL) January 18, 2023

Soon after his resignation, BJP’s Shehzad Jai Hind took a jib at Congres leader Rahl Gandhi and asked him to first bring Congress together.

#ManpreetBadal resigns

From Punjab to Goa
From UP to Rajasthan
From Delhi to Telangana

It is Tukde Tukde Congress

People & leaders doing Congress Chodo

Rahul ji, pehle Congress jodo phir Bharat Jodo pic.twitter.com/XXX62QzMN9

— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) January 18, 2023

Manpreet S Badal has earlier served as the finance minister in the previous Congress government.

This is a developing story.

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