August 31, 2026 02:55 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
VHP breaks silence on Durga Puja ‘guidelines’: No blanket non-veg ban, clarifies stand on theme pandals amid backlash | No non-veg near pandals, no ‘distorted’ idols: VHP’s Durga Puja guidelines spark Bengal debate | ‘Either they will stay, or we will’: Suvendu Adhikari's warning to Jadavpur students over 'Azadi' slogans | 'Inaccurate reports': Penguin India denies dropping Sonia Gandhi memoir | ‘Clean my shoes’: Greater Noida woman detained after alleged abuse, assault of security guards | 21-year-old model stabbed to death in Delhi; gym trainer arrested after encounter | Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O'Brien, other TMC leaders booked after Camac Street clash with Kolkata Police | Kanpur plane crash: Training aircraft crashes near Ganges, two pilots killed | Big IT boost for Bengal: LTM opens global delivery & AI centre in Kolkata's New Town | 21-year-old Delhi model found stabbed at Delhi home, gym trainer accused of killing her

After being denied ticket, BJP MP Udit Raj joins Congress

| @indiablooms | Apr 24, 2019, at 12:20 pm

New Delhi, Apr 24 (IBNS): After being denied ticket to contest the Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s MP from North-west Delhi constituency, Udit Raj, joined the Congress on Wednesday.

Udit joined the grand old party in presence of Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

The BJP has given ticket to singer Hans Raj Hans from North-west Delhi.

Prior to the announcement of the candidate list by the BJP,  Udit on Tuesday threatened to leave the party if denied a ticket.

"I am waiting for ticket if not given to me I will do good bye to party" he had tweeted.

Within minutes after the announcement of candidate list, the BJP MP removed "Chowkidar" from Twitter name.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.