Ahead Of Haryana Poll, BJP Signs 4-Time Ex-Congress MLA, Secures Key Sweep

For the BJP, Kiran Choudhary's signing completes a trifecta; the party now has senior members from each of Haryana's three biggest political families.

The Congress - boosted by strong results in May's Haryana Lok Sabha election, in which it won five of the state's 10 seats - faced a setback Wednesday after two senior leaders jumped ship to the BJP. पुत्र-मोह और राजनीतिक जागीरदारी के खिलाफ मजबूत आवाज उठाने वाली हरियाणा के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री स्वर्गीय बंसीलाल जी की बहू कांग्रेस की दिग्गज नेत्री @officekiran जी और उनकी बेटी (पूर्व सांसद) @Shruti4Progress जी का भाजपा परिवार में स्वागत है।आज केंद्रीय मंत्री श्री @mlkhattar जी और… pic.twitter.com/vDLmuiYNjV मैंने कांग्रेस की प्राथमिक सदस्यता से त्यागपत्र दे दिया है।हरियाणा के जनक चौ.बंसीलाल जी के संस्कारों व विचारधारा को हरियाणा में प्रसारित करना औरक्षेत्र एवं प्रदेश का ईमानदारी से विकास करना मेरी हमेशा प्राथमिकता रहेगी! pic.twitter.com/kxtw7PgZMz

Kiran Choudhary, a four-time MLA from the Tosham Assembly constituency, and her daughter Shruti, the ex-Bhiwani-Mahendragarh MP, joined the BJP this afternoon in the presence of Union Minister and former Chief Minister ML Khattar and his successor, Nayab Singh Saini.

The BJP's newest recruits in the state told reporters they would "work tirelessly to ensure the party returns to power in the state for a third time in a row". Mrs Choudhary declared she took this decision "because Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) has pledged to a developed India by 2047".