Jagjivan Ram`s grand-daughter floats party

Floating a new party, former PM Jagjivan Ram`s grand-daughter Medhavi Kirti said it will field candidates in many states in the next general polls.

Faridabad: Floating a new party, former prime
minister Jagjivan Ram`s grand-daughter Medhavi Kirti on Friday
said it will field candidates in several states in the next
general election.

"The Babu Jagjivan Ram Baba Saheb Ambedkar National
Congress Party will work to fulfil the dreams of my
grandfather," Kirti said at a press conference.

She said the party was preparing to field candidates in
Haryana, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in the 2014
Lok Sabha elections.

Kirti, who had won from Jhajjar in 1987 and was a minister
in Haryana government, said he had stayed away from politics
all these years due to family problems.

PTI