New Delhi, Jan 25: Former Union Minister RPN Singh on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), hours after quitting the Congress.

Singh joined the BJP ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, who was a member of Parliament from the Kushinagar consituency in the 15th Lok Sabha.

This is a new beginning for me and I look forward to my contribution to nation building under the visionary leadership & guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah.

“I had clearly said in my press conference that the party (Congress) is no more the one where I had worked, it is not the same ideology anymore. I would not like to add anything further to it,” RPN Singh said replying a media question after joining BJP today.