India, May 26 -- Former RJD women's wing state president Ritu Jaiswal joined the BJP at the party office in Bihar's Patna on Tuesday in the presence of BJP Bihar president Sanjay Sarawagi. The move came after she announced her decision in a social media post, in which she described politics as "a means of service, responsibility, and ideology, not display".

Notably, Jaiswal turned rebellious against the RJD after she was denied a ticket from the seat of her choice during last year's Bihar assembly elections. Following this, she chose to contest the election as an Independent candidate from the Parihar constituency.

The former head of the RJD women's formally became part of the ruling BJP in Patna on Tuesday.

After joining the party, sh...