JJP leader Anita Yadav, son Samrat join Congress in Haryana

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Former MLA Anita Yadav, who was earlier with the Jannayak Janta Party, and her son Samrat Yadav joined the opposition Congress in Haryana here on Friday, weeks before the Assembly bypoll in Adampur. Shortly before they joined the Congress, the Ajay Singh Chautala-led party said it had expelled them on October 3 for ''indiscipline'' and ''anti-party'' activities. Anita Yadav was earlier a national secretary of the JJP, while her son had unsuccessfully contested the 2019 polls from Ateli segment.  She has been a three-time MLA from the Congress and this marks her return to the party. Senior Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and state Congress chief Udai Bhan welcomed her and Samrat into the party fold.


 

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