Sangrur, Feb. 16 -- Bharatiya Janata Party Punjab unit vice-president Arvind Khanna joined the Shiromani Akali Dal on Sunday in Sangrur in the presence of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal.

A former Congress MLA and businessman, Khanna had joined the BJP in January 2022. He was elected an MLA from the Sangrur assembly constituency in 2002 and from the Dhuri seat in 2012 on a Congress ticket. Khanna had unsuccessfully contested the 2022 assembly election from the Sangrur seat and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from the Sangrur parliamentary constituency on a BJP ticket.

He began his political career with the SAD in 1997 and was made the general secretary of the party's youth wing. Khanna switched over to Congress in 1998.

As a Congressman, Khan...