After Sunil Jakhar, 5 more Punjab Congress leaders quit party, join BJP

Following in the footsteps of Sunil Jakhar, five former Punjab cabinet ministers quit the Congress and joined the BJP on Saturday.

In a body blow to the Congress, the party’s Punjab unit witnessed more desertions on Saturday as five prominent leaders joined the BJP.

Former Punjab cabinet ministers Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Raj Kumar Verka, Sunder Sham Arora and ex-MLA Kewal Singh Dhillon are all set to be inducted into the BJP today.

The mass exodus from the Congress comes after the exit of former Punjab chief Sunil Jakhar, who also joined the saffron party last month.