:dateline:Daljeet Singh Kohli, step brother of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, has officially�joined the BJP. �He made this announcement during a rally held yesterday in Amritsar led by BJP�prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
While welcoming Kohli, a local businessman into the BJP fold, Modi said, “Today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s brother Daljeet Singh has joined the BJP. This will further strengthen us. We are not a membership party. We form blood relations.”
Kohli had remained apolitical even after his elder brother Manmohan Singh became prime minister in 2004 and got a second term in 2009.
On the other side, Manmohan Singh has expressed grief over his brother joining BJP. On Saturday, he said, �I am saddened by the decision of my�younger brother Daljeet Singh Kohli to join BJP. �I feel very sad, however I have no control. They are all adults.�
Kohli on Friday joined BJP at a public rally in Amritsar in the presence of the party�s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The entry of Kohli into the BJP came a day after the Prime Minister rejected perceptions of a ‘Modi wave’ in the country.
Sources from Prime Minister office had reportedly said Dr Singh�s family was �shocked� at the turn of events involving Kohli. �His intentions are not known but he is free to pursue his political career,� they had said, adding the Prime Minister and Kohli have not been keeping in touch since long.
