SHATRUGHAN Sinha Is Joining Congress
REBEL BJP MP Shaturghan Sinha is migrating to India’s oldest political party after leaving his three-decade old association with the world’s largest political outfit. Patna born actor-producer, Shot Gun as he is popularly called, has spoken to AICC President Rahul Gandhi and a meet has been scheduled at Delhi on March 28 for his formal entry into the Congress.“Shaturghan Sinha will join Congress in New Delhi on March 28 at 11.30 am … He will be our candidate from Patna Sahib,” chairman for the state Congress election campaign committee Akhilesh Prasad Singh told media on Tuesday. Sinha is a two-term BJP Lok Sabha member from Patna Sahib but has been dropped by the saffron party which has chosen to field Union Minister for law and Justice, Electronics & Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, 64, a lawyer onstituency.Incidentally, Prasad and Sinha are Kayasthas by caste and are Patna born. Sinha is openly critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. He had also opposed Modi as PM candidate before 2014 Lok Sabha election e has been hobnobbing with Mahagathbandhan leaders which is committed to oust Modi led NDA from power further angering the BJP, his parent party.