In another development, Lok Sabha MP from Assam’s Barpeta Abdul Khaleque, who resigned from the Congress last week, withdrew his resignation, saying that the need of the hour is to strengthen the party. Khaleque had resigned from the party over being denied a ticket after the party released its second list of candidates.The regional parties which merged with the grand old party include the Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) from Bihar headed by five-time MP Pappu Yadav. Speaking to reporters after the merger, Yadav said that he always felt ideologically closer to the Congress. Though Yadav had won from Madhepura seat on an RJD ticket in 2014, in 2019, he lost to the RJD candidate there. The Jammu and Kashmir based Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan party led by former MP Lal Singh is the other regional outfit which merged with the Congress. Singh, a two-time former Congress MP from Udhampur seat, said that it was a homecoming for him.
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