On January 25, Singh, the Congress’s Jharkhand in charge and one of the party’s most powerful figures in Uttar Pradesh, resigned.
RPN Singh, a former Union minister and senior member of the Congress party, is expected to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next month (UP).
On Twitter, he announced his resignation to Sonia Gandhi, the party’s president.
“At a time when we are commemorating the founding of our great Republic, I am embarking on a new chapter in my political career. Salute to India! “In the post, Singh stated.
On a BJP ticket, Singh is expected to face Swami Prasad Maurya from the Padrauna seat in Kushinagar. Maurya, who served in the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP administration in Uttar Pradesh as a Cabinet minister, recently converted to the Samajwadi Party (SP).
