Chandigarh, Oct. 1 -- Former minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Anil Joshi, 61, met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday and is all set to officially join the party tomorrow.

His meeting with the Congress leadership comes amid buzz that Joshi might be the party's pick for the upcoming Tarn Taran Assembly bypoll.

An RSS worker, Joshi is a known Hindu leader in Punjab and is regarded as a sharp, outspoken leader. A two-time MLA from Amritsar North, Joshi had served as a cabinet minister in the 2012 SAD-BJP government, handling the local bodies and medical education portfolio. He also remained the industry minister before that for 1.5 years.

He was expelled from the saffron party for six years in 2021 ove...