Karnal, March 1 -- Ambala municipal corporation's deputy mayor Rajesh Mehta, a Congress party leader, on Friday joined BJP in the presence of chief minister Nayab Singh Saini at his rally in Ambala City.

Mehta claimed that the Congress has lost its base among the people of Haryana, adding that he joined the saffron party as he is impressed with the development works carried out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the country and chief minister Saini in the state.

Former minister and ex-MLA from the seat Aseem Goel said that Mehta's joining will ensure a one-sided victory for the BJP in the byelection, where party candidate Shailja Sachdeva is taking on Amisha Chawla from the Congress.

Mehta had left former minister Venod Sharma's Haryan...