Birendra Singh, wife Prem Lata join Congress ahead of Lok Sabha polls; ‘not only ghar wapasi but…’, says ex-Union Min

Former union minister Birendra Singh along with his ex-MLA wife, Prem Lata joined the Congress on Tuesday. The prominent Haryana leader called his return from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the grand old party a “return of ideology". Singh had left Congress to join the saffron party in 2014. 

Nearly a month ago, Birendra Singh's son Brijendra Singh, who is a sitting MP from Hisar, joined the Congress party. Birendra Singh joined the Congress at the party headquarters in Delhi in the presence of party leaders and supporters including Randeep Surjewala and Pawan Khera.

"We are here because we have stood stronger with the people of Haryana and they too have supported us. In the last ten years, you (BJP) did not make anybody your own. I will say that it is not only 'ghar wapasi' but 'vichardhara ki wapasi' (return of ideology)," the leader said.

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