Actor Shekhar Suman and former Congress leader Radhika Khera on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"The manner in which I was misbehaved with on the land of Kaushalya Mata for being a devotee of Ram, for having darshan of Ram Lalla, I would not have been able to reach here if I had not got the protection of the BJP government, the Modi government. Today's Congress is not Mahatma Gandhi's Congress, it is anti-Ram, anti-Hindu Congress," Khera said after joining the party.
Meanwhile, Suman stated, "Till yesterday, I did not know that I would be sitting here today because many things in life happen knowingly or unknowingly. I have come here with a very positive thinking and I would like to thank God that he ordered me to come here."
Radhika Khera, who quit the Congress, recently alleged that the party leaders from Chhattisgarh misbehaved with her and locked her in a room, adding that she was punished for being a "Ram bhakt".
Khera, who was an All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson, resigned from the Congress alleging a conspiracy against her.
"During Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the media chairman of Chhattisgarh Congress - Sushil Anand Shukha offered me alcohol and he along with 5-6 party workers used to knock the door of my room in inebriated condition. I informed Sachin Pilot, and Jairam Ramesh but nothing happened," she said.
