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Amir Alam Khan, Nawazish Alam Khan among leaders from rival parties join Congress

New Delhi, Sep 23 (UNI) Former Uttar Pradesh minister Amir Alam Khan and former legislator Nawazish Alam Khan were among several political leaders and public figures from different parties who joined the Congress on Wednesday, in a move that adds up to the party's organisational outreach in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections.
Leaders from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), besides social workers and other public figures, also joined the Congress.
Promient among them included former Uttar Pradesh chairman of the Indian Medical Council Dr Mohammad Akram; AIMIM state SC cell president Dr T P Singh; the party's state general secretary advocate Rakesh Kumar Chandra; Etawah district president Manoj Kumar Bharti; Manish Malik, nephew of former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik; RLD national media in-charge Surendra Sharma; former AAP Meerut district president Jaan Mohammad; and Dilshad Saifi, founder of India Ki Raftar magazine.
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