Retd Army chief Gen JJ Singh joins BJP in Punjab

January 18, 2022 19:10

Former Army chief Gen Joginder Jaswant Singh on Tuesday joined the BJP in Chandigarh in the presence of the party leadership, including Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.

Shekhawat and Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma welcomed Singh into the party fold.

The former army chief had left the Shiromani Akali Dal in 2018.

General J J Singh had joined the SAD in 2017 and had unsuccessfully contested against the then Congress leader Amarinder Singh from Patiala during the assembly elections that year.

J J Singh, who had also served as the governor of Arunachal Pradesh, was the first Sikh to be appointed as the Army chief, in 2005.

Voting for Punjab's 117 assembly seats is scheduled for February 20 and the counting will take place on March 10.

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