Former Indian Air Force Chief RKS Bhadauria Joins BJP Ahead Of Elections

New Delhi: Former Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (Retd) and former Member of Parliament from Tirupati, Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli, on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

“I thank the party leadership for giving me this opportunity to contribute to nation-building once again. I served the IAF for more than 4 decades, but the best time of my service was the last 8 years under the leadership of the BJP government. The tough steps taken by this government to empower and modernise our armed forces and make them self-reliant have not only given rise to a new capability in the forces but also given them a new confidence,” Bhadauria said.

Velagapalli, former Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party leader and MP, thanked the BJP leadership and said he was greatly honoured for being admitted into the most “dynamic party he has seen in the last 50 years”.

The two were inducted into the party by BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde and Union minister Anurag Thakur at the party headquarters in New Delhi.

Speaking on the occasion, Thakur said that the two leaders having a long track record in government service chose the BJP to contribute to the nation.