Tom Vadakkan joins BJP, says hurt by Congress stand on armed forces
News Nation Bureau 14 March 2019, 02:06 PM
In a major jolt to Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader and close aide of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Tom Vadakkan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday. He joined the saffron party in the presence of Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. After joining the BJP, the former Congress leader said, "It gives me great pleasure to join BJP. He said that, "It hurts me deeply when you question the integrity of Armed Forces. The reason I left Congress was that I did not like their reaction on Pulwama attack."
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