New Delhi, Jul 30: Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, who hails from the Amethi royal family, resigned from the Congress on Tuesday and said he would join the BJP on Wednesday.
Singh, a Congress member of the Rajya Sabha from Assam, also resigned from the Upper House of Parliament, sources said, adding that Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has accepted his resignation.
Addressing a press conference here, the leader said he would join the BJP on Wednesday.
Singh, who has been in the BJP earlier and was elected to Lok Sabha on its ticket in 90s, wields considerable influence in the Amethi region of Uttar Pradesh.
He had unsuccessful contested the recent Lok Sabha election from Sultanpur. The BJP's Maneka Gandhi had won from there.
His second wife Ameeta Singh has also quit the Congress. She was chairperson all India Professional Congress in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
“I have been with the Congress since 1984. My decision of leaving won’t impact Congress in any way. Whatever has happened in Congress in 15 years hasn’t happened before. I took this decision after thinking a lot about it,” said Singh.
Sanjay Singh was named a prime suspect in the high profile Syed Modi murder case. Syed Modi was one of the most promising players of India hailing from Uttar Pradesh, was brutally murdered in 1988. Sanjay Singh, Syed Modi’s wife Ameeta Modi (who later married Sanjay Singh and became Ameeta Singh) and another Congress leader outlaw-turned-politician, former MLA from Rae Bareli Akhilesh Singh were charged for criminal conspiracy and murder.
However, Sanjay Singh, a classmate of former PM late Rajiv Gandhi allegedly got his name as well as Ameeta’s name dropped from CBI charge sheet. Sanjay Singh went on to marry Ameeta in 1990 while still being legally married to Garima Singh, a relative of VP Singh.
Interestingly, in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly elections, Ameeta Singh had contested the Amethi constituency as an INC candidate and had Garima Singh as one of her opponents, who stood from the BJP. Both women named Sanjay Singh as their spouse in their election affidavits, and it was Garima who won the contest by 5065 votes.
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Another hijida to jump to another political party smelling ministerial berth and thereby grabbing crores of rupees. He was involved in the Murder of badmintor hero Syed Modi. BJP is looking for people who had criminal background and he is the right choice.
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