Port Blair, Feb 15: In a sudden Political development today, the Senior most leader and Trade Union Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, Ex General Secretary (Organisation), Ex Vice President and BMS President and well-known Political personality of these Islands, Shri Girish Raju along with his large number of supporters has joined Congress Party recording his faith in the leadership of the President ,AICC  Shri Rahul Gandhi and PCC President Kuldeep Rai Sharma .

After joining the party, Raju stated the reasons as to why he has left BJP and joined INC. He recorded his praise for many leaders of the Congress Party with a special mention for Kuldeep Rai Sharma. According to Raju, Kuldeep Rai Sharma is a visionary with leadership quality and having specific mission for inclusive development of these Islands which makes him an admiring personality in State Political arena.

Upon his joining, the senior leaders  of the party viz Smti Shanta Laxman Singh, Vice President,  Senior spokesperson Shri K Ganeshan, ZP Member Ms Maryam Bibi, Shri Gyan Prakash Sharma, GS, INTUC, Shri Hamid Ali, Smti Zubaida Begum, Smti Pushpanjali Raju, Sana Rao  expressed  their happiness and wished that his  entry to Congress Party will strengthen the Party. 

Welcoming Shri Girish Raju, the PCC President Kuldeep Rai Sharma recorded his pleasure of having a sincere and hardworking leader like Shri Raju in the Party.