Actor and Congress leader Vijayashanti meets Amit Shah, to formally join BJP today

HYDERABAD: Putting an end to speculation to her joining BJP, actor and Congress leader Vijayashanti met Union minister of home Amit Shah on Sunday.

Accompanied by BJP state chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Union minister of home affairs G Kishan Reddy and Senior leader Vivek Venktaswamy, she was welcomed into the party by the home minister. She will formally join the party in presence BJP national president J P Nadda on Monday.

Her joining was confirmed after she met the BJP national president when he was in Hyderabad during the GHMC campaign. Though the she has given indirect hints of leaving Congress many times, her joining was delayed as no clarity on her emerged.