In what could be a major embarrassment for the Congress ahead of the May 7 lok Sabha polls in the State, senior Himachal Pradesh Congress leader Major Vijay Singh Mankotia’s brother Ajay Singh joined the BJP on Saturday.
He was inducted into the party by BJP leader of Dharamsala and former Minister Kishan Kapoor. “I am a separate person and he (Major) is a separate one, we are free to choose any ideology. I was a great admirer of BJP and when asked, could not restrain myself from joining the party,” Ajay told reporters.
His brother Major Singh hit the headlines when he released a CD against Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh six years ago and left the party to join the BSP. During the 2012 State Assembly elections, Major Singh left the BSP and re-joined Congress on the request of Virbhadra.