Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Paralympian Deepa Malik and INLD MLA Kehar Rawat joined the BJP on Monday in the presence of BJP national general secretary Dr Anil Jain and Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala at the party headquarters in New Delhi.
Rawat, who is the INLD MLA from Hathin constituency, joined the BJP.
On March 21, another INLD MLA, Ranbir Singh Gangwa, had switched over to the BJP.
Deepa is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games.
“We welcome her into the party. She is an inspiration for all of us. She has made the country proud,” Anil Jain said.
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With the BJP yet to announce all its candidates in Haryana for the Lok Sabha elections, Malik may be in the reckoning for one of the seats, sources said.
