Suspended BSP leader and Lok Sabha MP Danish Ali joined the Congress.
He said that going by the prevailing situation in the country, it is important to join the grand old party in the fight against "divisive" forces.
Ali who is the sitting MP from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, was suspended by the Bahujan Samaj Party for anti-party activities. He is set to contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Amroha constituency on a Congress ticket.