BJP MP Kirti Azad joins the Congress party in the presence of Rahul Gandhi. Azad, who was suspended by the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015, on Monday joined Congress. The MP from Bihar's Darbhanga joined the grand old party in the presence of Congress president Rahul Gandhi. A cricketer-turned-politician, Azad is the son of former Bihar chief minister Bhagwat Jha Azad.