Two-time Congress MLA Jain to resign assembly seat, join Shiromani Akali Dal

MOGA: In a big embarrassment to Congress in Punjab, its two-time MLA Joginder Pal Jain will resign from the legislative assembly on Wednesday to join the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal.
The Congress MLA from Moga will forward his resignation to Punjab assembly speaker and formally join the SAD thereafter. He is hopeful of getting SAD ticket for the byelection, to be necessitated by his resignation.As per anti-defection law, a MLA has to first resign from membership of his party, before switching sides, otherwise his membership is termed null and void.
"I will resign from the membership of legislative assembly on Wednesday before formally joining the SAD the same day," Jain said on Monday.
Having been chairman of Moga Improvement Trust and president of Moga municipal council, Jain had won from Moga assembly constituency in 2007 by defeating Tota Singh and repeated the performance in January 2012 by trouncing former DGP P S Gill, as Tota Singh had shifted to nearby Dharamkot assembly constituency.