Ex-Dy Speaker Akram Khan to join Cong

Yamunanagar, March 28

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Former Deputy Speaker of the Haryana Assembly and two-time former MLA Akram Khan will join the Congress in the presence of party president Rahul Gandhi, who will address a public meeting in Jagadhri on Friday.

“After consulting my supporters, I have decided to join the Congress,” said Khan.

He said he had met his supporters at his office in Jagadhri on Thursday to ensure participation of a large number of people at Rahul’s public meeting.

Khan signalled joining the Congress in December after extending support to party-backed mayoral candidate Rakesh Sharma Kaka in the Yamunanagar-Jagadhri MC elections.

Political analysts say Khan’s entry into the Congress will be significant for the party candidate from the Ambala parliamentary constituency as his family has a sound political background in Yamunanagar district. — TNS