Srinagar, Oct 11: A day after resigning from the National Conference, Devinder Singh Rana and Surjit Singh Slathia joined the Bharatiya Janta Party on Monday at its headquarters in New Delhi.

Rana and Slathia joined the party in presence of three union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Hardeep Singh Puri and Jitendra Singh.

Senior leaders of BJP’s J&K Unit including its head Ravinder Raina were also present on the occasion.

Rana and Slathia had resigned from NC on Sunday, which is seen as a setback to the regional party. kno