New Delhi: Former Congress MP from Haryana Arvind Sharma joined the Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP) on Friday.
Sharma, who won Sonepat Lok Sabha seat in 1996 as an independent candidate and joined the Congress in 1999, was inducted into the BJP in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
"I am proud that I am joining the BJP party under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and Dr Anil Jain. I have thoughtfully taken this decision after observing that BJP has done a lot of work for poor, Dalits, farmers, youths, unemployed people, women, old age person and in every sector. Today, I am whole-heartedly joining the BJP," Sharma told media here.
Meanwhile, Khattar said, "The former Congress MP Arvind Sharma who was three times Member of the parliament had expressed his feelings to work for the nation with BJP's ideologies and we have also welcomed him."
