2 Bihar leaders join Congress ahead of LS polls

Senior leader of ‘Vikassheel Swaraj Party’ Prem Kumar Choudhary and an ophthalmologist Manish Kumar Yadav joined the Congress at the AICC headquarters here on Tuesday ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Congress’ Bihar in-charge Mohan Prakash and Pradesh Congress Committee president Akhilesh Prasad Singh welcomed both the leaders into the party fold.

“Today Prem Kumar Chaudhary ji and Dr Manish Kumar Yadav ji are taking the membership of the Indian National Congress. Along with this, Prem Choudhary ji is merging his ‘Vikassheel Swaraj Party’ with the Congress. The arrival of both will strengthen the party,” Prakash said at a press conference.