Anil Antony, son of Congress veteran and former defence minister AK Antony, joined the BJP on Thursday. He 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.

Anil Antony ran the Congress's social media cell in Kerala before he left the party following the row over the BBC documentary aimed at maligning PM Modi.

Notably, Anil had slammed the BBC documentary, calling out its “anti-India prejudices”.

Opposing the documentary, Anil Antony had said that placing the views of the British broadcaster over Indian institutions would “undermine” the country’s sovereignty.

Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "Despite large differences with BJP, I think those in placing views of BBC, a state-sponsored channel with a long history of prejudices and of Jack Straw, the brain behind the Iraq war, over institutions is setting a dangerous precedence, will undermine our sovereignty."

In his resignation letter, Anil took a jibe at some of his colleagues and mentioned, "I am sure that I have my own unique strengths which could have enabled me to contribute very effectively to the party in several ways."

"However, by now I have been made well aware that you, your colleagues, and the coterie around the leadership are only keen to work with a bunch of sycophants and chamchas, who would unquestionably be at your beck and call. This has become the lone criterion of merit. Sadly, we don't have much common ground," he added.

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