Gandhinagar: Former Congress MLA from Unjha, Asha Patel, who resigned from the party last Saturday, joined the BJP at an event held in Patan on Friday.

Those present on the occasion included state BJP president Jitu Vaghani and Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar. She joined the BJP along with at least 10 Congress and independent members of the Unjha taluka panchayat. Asha Patel had defeated BJP stalwart Naran Patel in 2017 assembly elections.

In her resignation letter addressed to all India Congress president Rahul Gandhi, she had said that she was disappointed with the poor state leadership and infighting.

