Days before Haryana polls, BJP’s Ashok Tanwar joins Congress

Joined BJP on January 20 in presence of national president JP Nadda, then Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar

Tribune News Service

Mahendragarh, Updated At : 05:29 PM Oct 03, 2024 IST

Ashok Tanwar joins Congress in presence of Rahul Gandhi. Video grab: Haryana Congress

Former MP Ashok Tanwar, who unsuccessfully contested the recent General Election from Sirsa (Reserve) on a BJP ticket, today joined the Congress in the presence of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at a rally at Bhawania village in the district.

The BJP has suffered a major setback with the development as Tanwar was campaigning for the BJP candidates in reserved constituencies. He had joined the Saffron party in Delhi on January 20 in the presence of the BJP national president JP Nadda and the then Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar.

Tanwar had started his political journey with Congress and became the Sirsa MP as the Congress nominee. He quit the Congress in 2019 and joined the AAP in 2022. In between, the former Lok Sabha MP had floated his party and even joined the Trinamool Congress for a brief period.