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. Also Read: General Elections 2023: EC to announce election schedule for Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya