Ahead Of UP Polls, Congress’s RPN Singh Moves To BJP, Says “New Beginning”

New Delhi, Lucknow: 

RPN Singh, one of the Congress’s most prominent leaders in Uttar Pradesh, quit the party today and announced his switch to the BJP ahead of next month’s election in the state.

Soon after putting out his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi on Twitter, RPN Singh tweeted on a “new beginning” under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah. He is likely to contest the UP polls from his stronghold Padrauna, from where he has been elected MLA thrice.