NCP MLA Kamlesh Singh to join Munda Cabinet

RANCHI, MARCH 22 (AGENCIES)Jharkhand's lone NCP legislator Kamlesh Singh would join the Arjun Munda Cabinet on March 24.

"Yes, I am taking oath as a minister when it is expanded on March 24," Kamlesh Singh told the agency in Ranchi on Tuesday.

Singh also denied reports that he has joined the BJP.

Asked whether he would join the ministry as an NCP MLA or Independent, Singh, who was recently discharged from hospital, said, "This, we shall see. I am discussing the matter at various levels. But as of now, it is decided that I am joining the ministry."

Singh, who has not taken oath as an MLA, had joined the Shibu Soren Cabinet earlier. Since then, he had been admitted to the hospital with a heart ailment.