India, Oct. 19 -- Singer Jubin Nautiyal's father, politician Ramsharan Nautiyal, rejoined the Indian National Congress party on Monday, days after he quit the Bharatiya Janata Party. The politician, who was associated with the party in the past, rejoined it in New Delhi on October 19 after 12 years. His party switch comes ahead of the assembly polls early next year.

Ramsharan was inducted into the Congress on Monday in the presence of AICC in-charge of Uttarakhand Kumari Selja, Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal and Leader of Opposition in the Uttarakhand Assembly Yashpal Arya in New Delhi.

His first stint with the party began early in his career in 2000. He was with them till 2014 and served as the Dehradun Zila Panchayat Chairm...