New Delhi: A day after she was expelled, former Congress leader Barkha Shukla Singh is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday.
Singh, a former Chief of the Delhi Commission for Women will meet BJP’s national Vice President and Delhi in-charge Shyam Jaju on Saturday afternoon, an office bearer of Delhi BJP said.
Singh was expelled from the Congress on Friday for undertaking anti-party activities.
On Thursday she resigned from all party posts raising questions over the leadership of Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken.
While resigning as chief of DPCC’s women wing, Barkha Singh had said: “Rahul Gandhi is unfit to lead the party.”
Earlier on Friday, she gave setback to the Delhi Congress with the civic polls due on Sunday, its women wing chief Barkha Singh quit the post, and hit out at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and the party’s Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken.
In reaction, the Congress’ women wing issued a statement removing Barkha Singh from the post of president of Delhi Mahila Congress.
In a statement, All India Mahila Congress President Shobha Oza said: “This is to inform that Barkha Shukla Singh has been removed from the post of President, Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress, with immediate effect.”
Resigning from the party, Barkha Singh, a former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief, lashed out at senior party leaders. “Congress party under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi and Ajay Maken has only used the issue of empowerment of women and women security to gather votes. The issue means nothing to them,” she said.
