Samajwadi Party's former Haridwar MP Rajendra Kumar Badi joins Congress

Badi said that he will work hard at the ground level for the Congress and expressed confidence that the party will form government following the assembly polls next year.

Published: 26th July 2021 07:25 PM  |   Last Updated: 26th July 2021 07:25 PM   |  A+A-

Former Haridwar MP Rajendra Kumar Badi

Former Haridwar MP Rajendra Kumar Badi (Photo| Special Arrangement)

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Rajendra Kumar Badi, who represented the Samajwadi Party in the 14th Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand's Haridwar, joined the Congress on Monday along with 18 other leaders.

Badi said that he will work hard at the ground level for the Congress and expressed confidence that the party will form government following the assembly polls next year. Besides Badi, Ravindra Khanna, a councillor in the Roorkee Nagar Nigam, and 17 other leaders from parties such as the SP and BSP, joined the Congress.

The leaders joined the Congress at the AICC headquarters here in the presence of Uttarakhand Congress' newly-appointed chief Ganesh Godiyal and AICC in-charge of the state, Devendra Yadav.


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