Uttarakhand: On Sunday, Rajendra Bhandari Congress leader and sitting MLA in Uttarakhand resigned from the party. He joined the BJP shortly after his resignation, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. In the presence of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union Minister Piyush Goyal, the 60-year-old leader from the Badrinath assembly joined the BJP in New Delhi.