Congress leader and former Union minister Jitin Prasada has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Jitin Prasada met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence on Wednesday morning before joining the BJP.

Jitin Prasada also called on Union minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday morning before visiting Amit Shah.

Earlier, BJP MP Anil Baluni had tweeted that an eminent personality will join the party on Wednesday at the party headquarters in Delhi and sparked speculation around Jitin Prasada joining the BJP.

Jitin Prasada has been facing the heat in Uttar Pradesh Congress after he joined the group of 23 Congress rebels who wrote an explosive letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi questioning the functioning of the party.