Jignesh Mevani, Kanhaiya Kumar to join Congress next week

New Delhi, Sep 25: In a significant development, CPI leader and former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and independent Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani are likely to join Congress next week.

According to reports, Mevani and Kanhaiya expected to join Congress mostly on September 28 or October 2.

The development comes days after the Congress appointed Charanjit Singh Channi as the first Dalit-Sikh chief minister of Punjab.