Industrialist & former Congress MP Naveen Jindal joins BJP

Industrialist and former Congress MP Naveen Jindal on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had announced his resignation from Congress on social media platform X, a short while ago.

After joining the BJP, the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power said, "Today is a very important day of my life. I am proud that I joined the BJP today and I will be able to serve the nation under the leadership of PM Modi. I want to contribute to the 'Viksit Bharat' dream of PM Modi."

In addition to this, Haryana Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala also joined the saffron party, a senior party leader said. Chautala joined the BJP at an event in Haryana's Sirsa, party leaders said.


Jindal joined the BJP in the presence of its general secretary Vinod Tawde, who said Jindal's presence in the party will help the government's agenda of boosting the country's economy and prosperity.

Tawde noted that the Jindal Steel chairperson has a keen interest in sports and education as well.

Jindal represented Kurukshetra constituency in Lok Sabha between 2004-14. However, he lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party's Raj Kumar Saini in the 2014 national elections and was not fielded by the Congress in 2019.

Jindal had taken charge as the President of Indian Steel Association earlier this week.