MJ Akbar joins BJP, hopes Muslims will vote Modi

In what is likely to give a leg-up to the BJP's election campaign under Narendra Modi, well known journalist M J Akbar and former bureaucrat and JD(U) leader NK Singh joined the saffron party on Saturday. Akbar was prompt to euologize the Gujarat CM, saying India needed Modi's leadership to deal with the crises it is facing now. "It is not only that there is crisis, but now I also see a solution to the crisis. Narendra Modi's leadership is essential for the country," he said. 

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