New Delhi: In a major development ahead of Uttrakhand polls, the brother of late Chief Defence of Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The development came after Vijay Rawat met Uttrakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami in Delhi on Wednesday.
Notably, Bipin Rawat's brother Vijay Rawat is a retired Colonel.
He joined the party in the presence of Uttrakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhammi, BJP National general secretary Dushyant Gautam and Uttrakhand BJP president Madan Kaushik.
While speaking to the media on the same, Vijay said, '' I want to thank everyone that I have got an opportunity to join the BJP''.
''My father was with BJP after retiring and now I've gotten a chance", he added.
Appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision he said, '' The vision, thinking and thought process of our Prime Minister is wonderful and is farsighted''.
Meanwhile, according to reports, the former Uttrakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has shot a letter to the JP Nadda requesting him not to make him contest the Assembly polls as he wanted to focus on ensuring the party's victory in the state.
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