In a huge setback for the Congress, OP Jindal Group chairperson emerita and ex Haryana minister Savitri Jindal on Wednesday late night announced that she is quitting the grand old party ahead of the upcoming general polls.
The 84-year-old Savitri announced her decision to quit the Congress on a social media post late on Wednesday night.
Savitri Jindal’s resignation from the primary membership of the Congress party comes days after her son and Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) chairman Naveen Jindal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Jindal will now contest from the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat as a BJP candidate in the upcoming general elections.
Savitri Jindal represented the Hisar constituency for a period of 10 years and also served as a minister in the Haryana government. In 2005, Jindal was elected to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha from the Hisar constituency after the death of her husband and Jindal Group founder OP Jindal in a plane crash.
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