Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, suspended by the Congress in February 2023 for alleged ‘anti-party’ activities, on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with her switch coming on the eve of Lok Sabha polls, likely to be held in April-May.
She joined her new party in the presence of several senior leaders, including Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar, also an ex-Congressman.
“I do not want to go into the past…I had a good innings with the Congress party. And I hope I will have a better innings with the BJP,” Kaur said.
Kaur’s spouse is BJP leader Captain Amarinder Singh, who had two stints as Punjab chief minister with the Congress, including one as recently as from March 2017 to September 2021. After being removed as chief minister, Singh floated his own Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) in November that year, and merged it with the BJP in September 2022.
The couple’s daughter, Jai Inder Kaur, too is in the BJP. There have been speculations that Jai Inder could be fielded from Patiala.
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