After resigning from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a day earlier, prominent Chhattisgarh tribal leader Nand Kumar Sai on Monday joined the ruling Congress ahead of assembly elections in the state.
Sai took membership of the Congress in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and PCC chief
The 77-year-old leader, a former three-term Lok Sabha member and three-time MLA, served as the BJP s state president in both Chhattisgarh and undivided Madhya Pradesh in the past.
Former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nand Kumar Sai on Monday joined Congress in Chhattisgarh's Raipur and said that quitting the BJP was a tough call for him, while also adding that he liked the works of the Bhupesh Baghel government in the state.
A day after resigning from the BJP, senior Chhattisgarh tribal leader and former MP, Nand Kumar Sai, joined the Congress on Monday, in a major setback to the saffron party.Sai took the membership of Congress in the presence of Chief Minister .