New Delhi. Ramsharan Nautiyal, father of Bollywood singer Jubin Nautiyal and former president of Dehradun District Panchayat, has left BJP and joined Congress today. Ramsharan Nautiyal took membership of the Congress Party in the presence of Uttarakhand Congress state in-charge Kumari Selja, State Congress President Ganesh Godiyal, and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Yashpal Arya at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi. Nautiyal had resigned from BJP just a few days ago. Nautiyal has been in Congress before also.
Kumari Shailja welcomed Ramsharan Nautiyal to Congress. He said that the return home of old colleagues is a matter of great joy that they have once again expressed their commitment towards Congress, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge. Ramsharan Nautiyal started politics from Congress Party. He has been the General Secretary and Vice President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee. In the year 2014, he left Congress and joined BJP. In the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly elections, he contested from Chakrata Assembly constituency on BJP ticket, although he lost the election. Now after a long gap, Nautiyal has once again returned to his old party Congress.
Delhi: Singer Jubin Nautiyal's father, Ramsharan Nautiyal, joins the Congress at the AICC Office.
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On this occasion, Uttarakhand Congress Committee President Ganesh Godiyal said that Ram Sharan Nautiyal's entry into Congress will definitely strengthen the party. Opposition leader Yashpal Arya said that Ramsharan Nautiyal has basically been associated with the ideology of Congress. He has played an important role in the party for the last several decades. Certainly today he has returned home and new hope will be instilled in Congress. The party will get full benefit of his experiences in the 2027 elections.