Former union minister Dr S Krishna Kumar on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Union Minister Shahnawaz Hussain and party leader Anil Baluni."As a developmental activist, I have appreciated the depth of knowledge, attention to detail, and the political will of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I have decided to devote the rest of my life as a soldier of Narendra Modi," Kumar said in a press conference here."I feel people should give a mandate to PM Modi not for five years but for ten years, by which he will bring India to the top of the world," he added.The 1963-batch IAS officer said he was against the leadership of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi."I was a three-time Congress MP, but during UPA's time, I was against the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and now I am against the leadership of her son. I was a close associate of Rajiv Gandhi, but I feel that after him desh-bhakt (patriot) Prime ...
