Former Aam Aadmi Party leader Jagbir Singh Brar switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today, on May 21.
Brar, who was a former Punjab MLA, joined the saffron party at party headquarters in the presence of senior leaders, including party national general secretary Tarun Chugh.
The Lok Sabha elections in Punjab are scheduled for June 1.
Before joining the AAP about a year ago, Brar was a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal.
He had won the Jalandhar Cantonment seat on a SAD ticket in the 2007 assembly elections.
He also served as president of the Congress' Jalandhar district unit in the past, BJP national spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla told reporters at a press conference at the party headquarters.
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