Former Union Home Secretary RK Singh joined the BJP on Friday claiming it was the only party which did not compromise on national security. Singh is expected to contest lok Sabha election from Ara in Bihar.
Singh, who retired from service in June, slammed the UPA Government for its handling of national security, suggesting that it was
being compromised for vote bank politics.
“I share BJP’s hardline orientation on issues of national security. BJP and its other associates like RSS never compromise on this. Other parties tend to compromise due to their vote banks,” he told the media as he was welcomed into the party by its president Rajnath Singh.
Besides Singh, Sunil Shastri, son of former Prime Minister lal Bahadur Shastri, former Petroleum Secretary Raghav Sharan Pandey
and retired railways official Dharam Singh joined the party.
“People who have served the country with distinction have decided to do their bit when it is in trouble. Today is just the begining. You will see many more such people joining BJP in days to come,” Rajnath Singh said.
Shastri quit Congress to join BJP. He has a history of switching loyalties between the two parties and had left BJP in 2009 to join the former.”The country needs Narendra Modi as Prime Minister,” he said, alleging the legacy of leaders like Shastri was being undermined by Congress as it wanted to promote members of only one family.
RK Singh had played a key role in the arrest of lK Advani in 1990 during the peak of Aydodhya movement when his ‘rath yatra’ had entered Bihar. “I did my duty. You must know Advani cleared my posting at the Centre when he became Union Home Minister,” Singh said.