Chandigarh: Preneet Kaur, wife of former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, who joined the BJP, is also joining the saffron party, sources said on Wednesday March 13. Sources said that Parneet Kaur will join the Bharatiya Janata Party at the BJP headquarters in Delhi tomorrow.
Sources said that after joining the BJP, Congress MP Preneet Kaur will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Captain Amarinder Singh and his daughter Jai Inder Kaur have already joined the BJP.
Captain's Meeting with JP Nadda: Earlier, Captain Amarinder Singh met BJP national President JP Nadda on Tuesday.
It can be recalled that Preneet Kaur was suspended by the Congress last year for her “anti-party activities” in the backdrop of sacking of her husband and former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh by the Congress.
Amarinder along with children Raninder Singh and Jai Inder Kaur joined the BJP in September 2022. Preneet Kaur has been consistently winning the Patiala Lok Sabha seat since 1999.
Sources said that the BJP is likely to field her from the same seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections even as Kaur is insisting to give ticket to her daughter Jai Inder Kaur.
Preneet Kaur has also been a Punjab MLA between 2014 and 2017. Besides, she also served as the Minister of State for External Affairs from 2009 to 2012 in the Congress-led UPA 2.
