Suspended Congress MP Preneet Kaur, Wife Of Amarinder Singh, Joins BJP

Continuing to strengthen its ranks weeks before the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP has inducted Preneet Kaur, suspended Congress MP and wife of former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, into the party. Ms Kaur is the MP from Patiala and is likely to contest from the seat on a BJP ticket this time.

After stepping down as the chief minister in 2021, Mr Singh had formed the Punjab Lok Congress and then merged it with the BJP the following year. Ms Kaur was suspended from the Congress in February last year for "anti-party activities" that were helping the BJP.

Joining the BJP on Thursday in the presence of National General Secretaries Vinod Tawde and Tarun Chugh and the party's Punjab chief Sunil Jakhar, who was also in the Congress earlier, Ms Kaur praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his contribution to the country's development.