Gandhinagar: Senior Gujarat Congress leaders Naresh Rawal and Rajubhai Parmar who recently resigned from their party to join BJP on August 17, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital. They were accompanied by another former Gujarat Congress leader Vijay Kella who has joined Congress party years ago. Rawal is former Home minister and Ex leader of opposition. Nareshbhai’s father Gangaram Rawal was also senior Congress leader. Nareshbhai had been trained as pilot along side the late Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi. He had joined Congress on invitation of Rajiv Gandhi way back in 1980s. Rajubhai Parmar was 3-term Rajya Sabha MP in addition to Whip of Congress party in Rajya Sabha. Parmar also headed the National Commission for Scheduled Castes. DeshGujarat

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