Former Congress leader CR Kesavan, great grandson of C Rajagopalachari, joins BJP

Former Congress leader CR Kesavan, the great-grandson of the country's first Indian Governor General, C Rajagopalachari, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday.

"I want to thank the elders for inducting me into the world's biggest political party, especially on a day when the prime minister is in Tamil Nadu," Kesavan said at a press conference in Delhi. "Their presence here demonstrates the deep respect BJP has for the founding fathers and mothers of our great nation, including C Rajagopalachari."

In February, Kesavan resigned from the Congress party, saying he "did not see any remnants of the values ​​that made him work for the party for more than two decades.

Sharing his resignation on Twitter, he said: “I am truly sad to say that for a while now, I have not seen any vestiges of the values that made me work for the party with dedication for over two decades. I can no longer in good conscience say that I concur with what the party symbolises, stands for, nor seeks to propagate. This is why I had recently declined an organisational responsibility at the national level and also refrained from participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra."