Six days after joining BJP, Punjab MLA Balwinder Laddi rejoins Congress

The lawmaker had joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

January 03, 2022 12:19 pm | Updated 12:49 pm IST - Chandigarh:

File photo. MLAs Balwinder Singh Laddi, Fateh Jang Singh Bajwa with Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, former cricketer Dinesh Mongia and others, at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, December 28, 2021, while joining the party

File photo. MLAs Balwinder Singh Laddi, Fateh Jang Singh Bajwa with Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, former cricketer Dinesh Mongia and others, at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, December 28, 2021, while joining the party

Just six days after joining the BJP, Punjab MLA Balwinder Singh Laddi has parted ways with the saffron party and rejoined the Congress.

Mr. Laddi on January 3 said he returned to the Congress fold here on January 2 night in the presence of AICC in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Chaudhary and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.

Mr. Laddi, the legislator from Sri Hargobindpur, along with Qadian MLA Fatehjang Singh Bajwa, had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on December 28 in New Delhi.

The two lawmakers had joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is the Punjab in-charge of the party.

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