New Delhi: Anil Antony, son of Congress leader AK Antony and former social media chief of Congress, has joined BJP. The announcement was made on Thursday.
BJP will accept membership shortly. Currently meeting at Delhi BJP headquarters.
Current reports are that Anil Antony will soon accept membership from BJP leader Piyush Goyal. State President K. Anil Antony reached the BJP headquarters along with Surendran.
The tweet shared by Anil Antony criticizing the BBC’s documentary India: The Modi Question, which talks authentically about the 2002 Gujarat Genocide and Narendra Modi’s role in it, caused a huge controversy. There was criticism against Anil Antony from within the Congress.
After this, he resigned from the posts of Congress.
He also criticized the Congress leadership in his resignation. He had said that the Congress leadership is surrounded by flatterers and praise-readers are given place in the party rather than qualified ones.
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