Mumbai, Jul 7 : Former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, who was also the minister of state for home in the previous Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Today.
Mr Singh, who joined the BJP in presence of state unit chief Chandrakant Patil and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, in party headquarter in Mumbai.

In 2019 Mr Singh had resigned from the Congress party, after that he was taking part in.social activities.

Mr Singh’s entry to the BJP comes ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections slated next year, for which BJP has already launched the ‘Mission 2022’ drive with a resolve to defeat ruling Shiv Sena.

The BJP had earlier targeted Mr Singh, who had been linked to several cases of corruption as well as allegations of holding assets disproportionate to known sources of income.(UNI)