Five leaders, including former National Assembly Speaker Ashok Arora, counted among the major leaders of the Indian National Lok Dal and joined the Congress today in the state ahead of the Assembly elections.

New Delhi, September 15 (HAMS) Five leaders, including former National Assembly Speaker Ashok Arora, counted among the major leaders of the Indian National Lok Dal and joined the Congress today in the state ahead of the Assembly elections.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, the in-charge of the Congress in Haryana, announced this at a press conference here today.

He said that Mr. Arora has been a Member of Parliament three times and now the Independent MLA Jayaprakash, former Cabinet Minister of Haryana, Subhash Goyal and former MLA Pradeep Chaudhary have also won the Congress. Along with him, his supporters have joined the party. Mr. Azad was accompanied by Congress State President Kumari Shilja and Haryana Legislative Party leader Bhupinder Singh Hada.