Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to join BJP next week

CHANDIGARH, Sept 16:
Former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress chief Amarinder Singh will join the BJP next week, a party spokesperson said on Friday.
Singh will also merge his newly formed party with the BJP.
He had floated the Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) last year after quitting the Congress following his unceremonious exit as Chief Minister. Singh (80) will join the BJP in the presence of party president JP Nadda and other leaders in Delhi.Seven former MLAs and one former MP, who joined the PLC, will be among those to follow Singh on Monday.Other office bearers and district presidents of the PLC will join the BJP in a separate event in Chandigarh next week, Baliawal added. Singh, who recently returned from London following a spinal surgery, has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the past fortnight.
After his meeting with Shah on September 12, Singh said he held a very productive discussion on various issues related to national security, rising cases of narco-terrorism in Punjab and the future roadmap for the state's overall holistic development.