New Delhi, March 11: A day after Jyotiraditya Scindia ended his 18-year-old association with the Congress, he joined the BJP here on Wednesday.
Scindia joined the party in the presence of party president JP Nadda and senior leaders.
Welcoming him into the saffron fold, Nadda remembered founder member of the BJP and erstwhile Jana Sangh, Vijaya Raje Scindia, Jyotiraditya’s grandmother.
Recalling her contribution in establishing the ideology of the BJP, Nadda referred to Jyotiraditya as a “family member”.
He would get an opportunity to participate in party activities and contribute to it, Nadda said, asking Jyotiraditya to express his views in a “free atmosphere”.
Thanking the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Nadda for including him in the BJP family, Jyotiraditya said the Congress party is not “what it used to be”.
Launching a scathing attack on the central and state leadership of the Congress, he said detachment from reality in the party and the new leadership not being given a chance were the main reasons for his disenchantment with the grand old party.
“The Congress government could not keep the promises made to the people. Farmers are unhappy and so is the youth. There is a transfer business going on in the state,” he said, explaining reasons for joining the BJP.
Praising Modi, Scindia said he is ready to work with Nadda in the interest of the country.
