Former Delhi Assembly Speaker and Minister in then Sheila Dikshit regime, Dr Yoganand Shastri joined the Congress on Saturday in the presence of AICC General Secretary and In-charge of Delhi Congress Deepak Babaria and Delhi Congress interim president Devender Yadav. Shastri joined the Congress on a day when former Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely along with four prominent leaders joined the saffron party.
“There is no homecoming, because homecoming is for people who are far gone away but I was in a house next door and the values of both the houses are the same.” said Dr Shastri after joining the party. The veteran Congress leader said that he want to serve the party now. Shastri had left the Congress in 2020 and joined the NCP in 2021 after differences with Subhash Chopra who was then Delhi Congresss president .
Shastri was Delhi assembly speaker between 2008 and 2013. Delhi Congress interim president Devender Yadav welcomed him in the party.
