Kamal Choudhary joins SAD (Badal)

Chandigarh, Oct 16 (UNI) Former Union Minister Kamal Choudhary joined the Shiromani Akali Dal, led by Mr Parkash Singh Badal, here today.

After joining the SAD(Badal), he was introduced to the media by party General Secretary Sukhbir Singh Badal at a press conference here.

Mr Choudhary, a four-time member of the Lok Sabha from Hoshiarpur Constituency, was a minister in the Rajiv Gandhi Government. He had left the Congress and joined Nationalist Congress Party and later became its national secretary.

He is the son of Choudhary Balbir Singh, ex-MP, who was assasinated by militants during the phase of militancy in Punjab.

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