Anil Antony, son of Congress veteran and former defence minister AK Antony, joined the BJP on Thursday. He had resigned from all roles in Congress in January after his tweet criticising the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi created a flutter in the party.
Union ministers Piyush Goyal, V Muraleedharan and BJP's Kerala unit chief K Surendran welcomed the former Congress leader to their party at a formal event.