Former MLA from Narendranagar in Tehri district, Om Gopal Rawat returned to the Bharatiya Janata Party along with his supporters here on Wednesday.
A large number of people from Tehri and Uttarkashi district also joined the party at the BJP State office on the occasion.
Rawat was earlier in the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal. He had later joined the BJP but had rebelled after being denied a ticket in the previous Vidhan Sabha elections.
His return to the BJP is expected to consolidate support for the party candidate in the Tehri parliamentary constituency.
The acting state president of BJP, Naresh Bansal, party state vice president Jyoti Gairola, Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’, MLA Khajan Das and other party leaders were also present on theoccasion.