NEW DELHI: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha officially joined the Congress on Saturday, sources indicated that Sinha may be given candidature in Patna to fight elections against BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad. As he bid a farewell to the BJP, with which he has shared an acrimonious relationship for years, the lawmaker took pot shots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah.
"In the one-man show, two-man army, everything happens from Prime Minister's Office... the ministers can't work freely anyway," he said. "We have seen how democracy turned into autocracy" he added.
Taking a jibe at the BJP over the snub to veteran leader LK Advani, Sinha said, "Advani ji was sent to Mardarshak Mandal which hasn't held even a single meeting so far. They did the same to Jaswant Singh, Yashwant Sinha... I was even told that I have been a critic and that I will not be given a cabinet post... but my image has been clean."
Calling demonetisation "probably the world's biggest scam", Sinha said "It was a mindless decision. Modi ji's mother was in the queue and we were told it was normal" . Shatrughan Sinha, 72, will perhaps contest as the Congress candidate from Bihar's Patna Sahib, his constituency of 10 years. In an association that had been souring for years, the proverbial last straw was the BJP snubbing Shatrughan Sinha and naming a different candidate, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, for his Patna Sahib constituency. Sinha said that Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav has been "instrumental in my decision" to join the Congress. There were reports that Sinha's big bang admission into the Congress was delayed by the party's tussle with the RJD over him.
