Former legislator Surinder Choudhary to join BJP

Jammu, Apr 05: Former legislator and influential politician from Rajouri district Surinder Choudhary is joining the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Tuesday at Jammu.

Sources said that Choudhary is joining the party in presence of its top leaders including national general secretary and BJP in-charge for Jammu & Kashmir Tarun Chugh.

Choudhary had resigned from membership of PDP last year, saying it has been hijacked by “drawing-room politicians and land grabbers

Choudhary had lost the 2014 assembly election by a narrow margin from Nowshera assembly segment against Ravinder Raina of BJP.

The PDP has been facing a political upheaval since the PDP-BJP coalition headed by Mehbooba Mufti collapsed in June 2018.

Out of 28 MLAs elected on PDP ticket in 2014 elections, 18 have already resigned from the party since then. kno

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