New Delhi: Shakti Singh Gohil, Congress in-charge of Bihar confirms that Shatrughan Sinha will be joining the Congress. "Shatrughan Sinhaji has decided that he will join the Congress party and will work as our star leader and star campaigner," Gohil said today.Gohil also tweeted, "BJP MP Shatrugna Sinhaji met our Congress President Shri @RahulGandhi today and in national interest has decided to join the Congress. He will formally join Congress on April 6."The Bollywood actor-turned-politician has been associated with the BJP for about three decades, and was expected to join the Congress at New Delhi yesterday and will be the party's candidate from Patna Sahib.Sinha is a two-term BJP Lok Sabha member from Patna Sahib Singh but has been dropped by the saffron party which has chosen to field union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from the seat. Sinha has been openly critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. Speculation had been rife for some time that he would join the Congress, which is an ally of the 'Mahagathbandhan' which also consists of the RJD and other local parties.Sources in the 'Mahagathbandhan' had recently claimed that there was a tug of war between the Congress and RJD over Sinhas candidature as Lalu Prasad's party, with which the 'Bihari Babu' shares cordial relations, was said to be keen on fielding him on its own symbol.from Sify.com
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