Sanjay Sinh asserted that the entire country has reposed its faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and he too has decided to support Modi.
A day after quitting the Congress and his Rajya Sabha membership, Sanjay Sinh joined the BJP on Wednesday in the presence of senior party leaders, including its working president JP Nadda.
Sanjay Sinh joined the saffron party along with his wife Ameeta Sinh who was the chairperson of the All India Professional Congress in UP.
He asserted that the entire country has reposed its faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and he too has decided to support Modi.
Nadda said their induction in the BJP will strengthen the party.
A member of erstwhile Amethi royalty, Sanjay Sinh wields considerable influence in Amethi and neighbouring region, which includes Raibareli, the Lok Sabha constituency of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.
He had been in the BJP earlier as well and had been elected to the Lok Sabha on its ticket from Amethi in 1998.
He had unsuccessfully contested the recent Lok Sabha election from Sultanpur against BJP's Maneka Gandhi.
Sinh was known as a close associate of the Gandhi family. After resigning from the Rajya Sabha as well as from the Congress on Tuesday, he took a dig at the party, saying it is still living in the past and unaware of the future.
"Congress is still in the past, unaware of the future. Today, the country is with PM Modi and if the country is with him, I am with him. I will join BJP tomorrow. I have resigned from the party, as well as my membership of Rajya Sabha. Congress is unapproachable and unreachable. I have taken this decision after watching this for a long time," he said.
"Congress is rudderless, direction less and there is a distance from the people... I am supporting Modi because of 'sabka sath sabka vikas'," he added.
The BJP may field him for the Rajya Sabha poll in the coming weeks. His term was set to end in April, 2020.
The BJP has recently won over a number of Rajya Sabha members from other parties in its bid to bolster its strength in the House where the ruling NDA led by it does not have a majority.
(With PTI inputs)
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