Shatrughan Sinha meets Rahul Gandhi, will join Congress on April 6

Noida | Thursday | 28th March, 2019

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New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who refused to quit the BJP for years despite a relationship best described as "complicated", has finally decided to join the Congress.

His meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi and their photo together confirmed what had been brewing for days.

He (Rahul Gandhi) was very encouraging and positive.

He praised me saying I had handled attacks and vilification in the BJP with dignity," Shatrughan Sinha, 72, told NDTV after the meeting.

He is younger to me, but today he is a popular leader of the country.

I am a supporter of the Nehru-Gandhi family.

I consider them nation builders.