India, Aug. 14 -- Inderjeet Singh, the late former President Giani Zail Singh's grandson, returned to the Congress while the party inducted academics Ratan Lal and Ravikant into the party on Thursday.

Inderjeet Singh said he rejoined the Congress after quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as it had become "neat and clean" after "a few corrupt leaders from Congress moved to the BJP." "The BJP uses the backward classes and does nothing for them... Now, I am happy that I am home."

Ratan Lal, who teaches at Delhi University, said he joined the BJP to defend democratic institutions. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims nothing significant has taken place in the last 70 years. But what happened in the first 40 years after independence is...