Madhavan Nair | Photo Credit: ANI

Thiruvananthapuram: Former Indian Space Research Organisation Chief G Madhavan Nair joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party President Amit Shah in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. Former president of the Travancore Devaswom Board G Raman Nair was also inducted into the party yesterday.

Nair also served as the Secretary to the Department of Space and as the Chairman of the Space Commission.

Raman Nair was suspended from the Congress party after the former TDB chief was seen attending a BJP event in Pathanamthitta district, TOI reported.

Along with Madhavan and Raman, former member of Kerala women's commission J Prameela Devi, and two leaders from Janata Dal (Secular) were inducted into the party by Shah.

The former ISRO chief and Devi have been seen attending BJP events in the past as well.

"I have been working for the BJP for quite some time now but yesterday, Amit Shahji formally inducted me to the party. I am interested in Modiji's philosophy of developing India. That's why I want to work with BJP,” Madhavan Nair said, according to The News Minute.