Ratna Singh, princess of Kalakankar royal family, who was a three-time MP of Pratapgarh, will bid farewell to the Congress on Tuesday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will make his public announcement in the public meeting on Tuesday in Gadwara of Pratapgarh. Her son Bhuvanyu Singh will also be present on this occasion. Ratna hails from the Kalankarkar royal family, who has been a Congressman since the beginning. His family's Rampal Singh has been one of the founding members of the Congress. Father Raja Dinesh Singh was the foreign minister in the Congress government. He was very close to former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He was also considered a troubleshooter of the Congress.
After Dr. Sanjay Singh of Amethi, disillusioned with the Congress, it is now the turn of Princess Ratna Singh of Pratapgarh royal family. Princess Ratna Singh of the family that has strengthened the Congress for four decades in Pratapgarh will join the Bharatiya Janata Party today.
The Congress has suffered a major setback in Pratapgarh. Rajkumari Ratna Singh, a three-time MP from Pratapgarh Lok Sabha seat, will join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday in front of Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will hold an election meeting in Pratapgarh assembly bypoll on Tuesday in support of his party's candidate Rajkumar. Princess Ratna Singh will also be on stage in this meeting. Princess Ratna Singh is the daughter of former King Dinesh Singh, former External Affairs Minister. Raja Dinesh Singh has been an MP from Pratapgarh four times and daughter Rajkumari Ratna Singh thrice in 1996, 99 and 2009. The Kalankankar royal house, which had been with the Congress for several decades, now broke with him.
