89-year-old BJP leader Sumitra Singh rejoins Congress

Yash Goyal
Our Correspondent 
Jaipur, November 29

The 89-year-old Jat woman leader and former Assembly speaker, Sumitra Singh, on Thursday rejoined the Congress party.

BJP Minority Morcha general secretary and two other saffron leaders, Ravindra Bohra and son Vivek Bohra, also joined the Congress here after the manifesto release ceremony.

Nine-time MLA from Jhunjhunu district, Singh was the first woman Assembly speaker in the previous Raje government in 2003 and had demanded the BJP ticket for her or a relative which was denied. 

When asked how come she made rejoined the Congress at the eleventh hour, Singh said, “I was trying to return to the Congress for the past one and a half years but now the time has come. I will support the Congress in Jat-dominated Jhunjhunu district.” 

While Khan, who was also vice president of the Minority Morcha and Ex-Chairman of Waqf Board, returned to the Congress party as he was denied a ticket from Deedwana or Pushkar.

Khan will work for the party in Tonk district where Pilot is contesting the poll against the BJP’s sole Muslim candidate Yunus Khan. 

The Bohra father and son were upset by the BJP’s ticket distribution.