New Delhi, March 28: Rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) from Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday met Congress president Rahul Gandhi, ahead of joining the grand old party. Speaking to media, he said, “Joining will happen soon, we will give you positive news during Navaratri. I will join Congress now.” The actor turned politician is likely to contest the general elections from Patna Sahib on the Congress ticket. BJP Snubs Shatrughan Sinha Ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2019, Nominates Ravi Shankar Prasad From Patna Sahib.

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Congress In-charge of Bihar Shakti Singh Gohil during his interaction with reporters said that the rebel BJP leader will join the party and will work as a star leader and star campaigner. Earlier, news surfaced that the BJP MP would join the grand old party by the end of this month. Speculations were rife that Sinha would join the Congress, after the BJP fielded union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib.

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In the past, the actor turned politician on many occasion criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the top leadership of the party. Last year, during a launch of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's book 'The Paradoxical Prime Minister, Narendra Modi And His India', Sinha had told The New Indian Express that Modi would not become prime minister again.

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