Chandigarh, April 20 -- Former MP Jagmeet Brar on Friday joined hands with his foes after his "own" spurned him - at least this is what a series of WhatsApp messages released by the Punjab Congress appeared to indicate.

The Congress virtually eclipsed Shiromani Akali Dal's "feat" of a former Congress stalwart joining the party by releasing Brar's messages sent to Capt Amarinder Singh seeking an audience with the "maharaja".

The release of series of messages coincided with Jagmeet's "unconditional" induction in the Akali Dal at Sri Muktsar Sahib in a function attended by the former Chief Minister and Akali patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, SAD president Sukhbir Badal, and Union Minister Harsimrat Badal.

Akali Dal, which is currently passing ...