Summary:
Dehradun, Jan 17 (PTI) In a shot in the arm for the BJP ahead of the Uttarakhand Assembly polls, state’s women Congress president and former Nainital MLA Sarita Arya on Monday joined the ruling party and has been expelled from the Congress.
The former MLA joined the BJP at its state headquarters here on Balbir Road in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, state party president Madan Kaushik and other leaders.
She was expelled from the Congress for six years.
Welcoming Arya into the party fold, Dhami said she had always fought for the poor, deprived sections and women.
Her entry would definitely strengthen the party, he said.
Arya said she joined the BJP because of a "sense of guilt" as she was not being able to secure tickets for women candidates in Uttarakhand despite being the state’s Mahila Congress president.