BJP Hisar MP Brijendra Singh quits party, joins Congress
Chandigarh/New Delhi, Mar 10: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, BJP MP from Hisar Brijendra Singh on Sunday resigned from the party's primary membership due to "compelling political reasons" and joined the Congress.
Soon after announcing his resignation on X, Brijendra Singh, the son of BJP leader Birender Singh, reached Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in New Delhi and joined the opposition party.
"I have resigned from the primary membership of BJP due to compelling political reasons. I extend gratitude to the party, National President Sh. J P 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 said in his post.
Senior Congress leaders Ajay Maken, Mukul Wasnik and Deepak Babaria were also present at Kharge's residence when Brijendra Singh joined the party.
Congress sources said the bureaucrat-turned-politician is set to be the party candidate from Hisar.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Brijendra Singh had defeated JJP's Dushyant Chautala and Bhavya Bishnoi, who was then with the Congress, to win the Hisar Lok Sabha seat.
Brijendra Singh is the great grandson of prominent Jat leader Sir Chhotu Ram.
VIDEO | Lok Sabha elections 2024: Hisar MP Brijendra Singh joins Congress in presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 10, 2024
Singh had resigned from BJP earlier today "due to compelling political reasons." pic.twitter.com/kclaFNGgRY
VIDEO | "The BJP-JJP alliance was one of the reasons (behind leaving the party)," says Hisar MP Brijendra Singh (@BrijendraSpeaks) after joining the Congress.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 10, 2024
Singh had resigned from BJP earlier today "due to compelling political reasons."
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First in Malayalam movie artists association history, women elected to its top leadership
Kochi, Aug 15 (PTI): In a first in the history of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA), women were elected to its top leadership positions.
Women actors Shwetha Menon and Kukku Parameswaran were elected as president and general secretary of the organisation respectively. Besides them, Ansiba Hasan was elected as joint secretary and Lakshmi Priya as the vice president.
State Cultural Affairs Minister Saji Cherian welcomed the development, saying it was his personal view that women should come to the leadership posts of AMMA.
"I say this because it is necessary to create more opportunities for women in the film industry. It is for the first time that women are being elected to the leadership positions of AMMA," he said.
The minister congratulated Menon, Parameswaran and Hasan, saying that they were all competent and strong women.
"Let them all work together. I see it as evidence of the continuation of the changes brought about in the film industry following the recently held cinema conclave," Cherian said.
He also said that it was an indication of the good times that will come for the Malayalam film industry.
"I am not saying men are bad. For so long men were heading it. Let women rule come now," he added.
