Former Bureaucrat And Hisar MP Brijendra Singh Joins Congress Hours After Quitting BJP

BJP MP from Hisar, Brijendra Singh, on Sunday joined Congress in the presence of Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi. This came hours after Singh tendered his resignation from the primary membership of the saffron party. He cited ‘compelling’ political reasons for this decision.  

“I have resigned from the primary membership of BJP, due to compelling political reasons. I extend gratitude to the party, National President Sh. JP Nadda, Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi, & Sh Amit Shah for giving me the opportunity to serve as the Member of Parliament for Hisar,” Brijendra wrote on X.

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I have resigned from the primary membership of BJP,due to compelling political reasons.
I extend gratitude to the party, National President Sh. JP Nadda, Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi, & Sh Amit Shah for giving me the opportunity to serve as the Member of Parliament for Hisar.

— Brijendra Singh (@BrijendraSpeaks) March 10, 2024

This came after the speculations that the BJP might deny him a Lok Sabha ticket from Hisar this time. 

#WATCH | Soon after resigning from the primary membership of the BJP, Brijendra Singh reaches the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. https://t.co/M2MiDj7zlf pic.twitter.com/kWCe1H0X42

— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2024

Brijendra Singh is the son of former Union Minister Birender Singh. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he defeated JJP's Dushyant Chautala and Congress' Bhavya Bishnoi to win from Hisar.

Brijendra is a former bureaucrat, who is the great-grandson of the renowned farmers' leader Chotu Ram. He served as a DC in Panchkula. His mother Premlata Singh had represented the Uchana assembly seat. He took voluntary retirement after serving the nation for 21 years.

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He was in the news when he openly backed the wrestlers’ protest against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations. In 2022, there were speculations that he might join the AAP but he refuted such reports.