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New Delhi: Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday officially joined the Congress party in presence of Congress general secretary KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala.
In a series of tweets, Shatrughan Sinha said that it was with a heavy heart that he finally bid adieu to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
It`s with a heavy heart and immense pain that I finally bid adieu to my old party, for reasons best known to all of us, on April 6, which also happens to be the Sansthapna Diwas of BJP," Shatrughan Sinha said.
Shatrughan Sinha also repeated that the BJP had become a one-man show and that all the decisions were made from the PMO (Prime Minister`s Office)
Shatrughan Sinha said that he hoped that Congress would provide him with opportunities to serve the people in terms of prosperity and unity.
"I`m hopeful that the Grand Old National Party (Congress) which I`m stepping into, will provide me with opportunities to serve our people, society and nation in terms of unity, prosperity, progress, development, and glory," Shatrughan Sinha said.Shatrughan Sinha also praised Congress party president Rahul Gandhi and said that he was the new dynamic face of India, today and tomorrow.
"This (Congress) is a party of great nation builders and luminaries like Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Patel and many others.
Under the present president of Congress, the very dynamic, able, tried, tested and successful face of today and tomorrow`s India, Rahul Gandhi, I hope, wish and pray that I`m heading into a better direction," Shatrughan Sinha said.
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