Amid the gathering of dozens of political supporters, former Cabinet Minister Matvar Singh Kandari has joined the BJP in a function held at State party office in Dehradun on Wednesday.
The rival leader who joined the Congress from the BJP, was welcomed by the BJP State Chief Tirath Singh Rawat and further claimed that joining of Kandari to the party would be proved useful.
Addressing the gathering, Kandari said that he along with his supporters will work round the clock in order to ensure victory to all five party candidates. Earlier, in the day, dozens of ex-servicemen joined the BJP in the presence of the BJP State Chief and former MP Satpal Maharaj at party office.
According to Rawat, serving defence personnel and ex-servicemen are regularly contributing for development of the country and state as well and assured the gathering that couple of beneficiary schemes would be launched, if the party is voted to power in the centre.
He also urged from the gathering to pull up their socks in order to secure victory for all five party’s candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election in the state. Mussoorie MlA Ganesh Joshi, Brig (Retd) PS Gurung, Veerandra Singh Bisht, Mukesh Mahendra and many more were present in the function.