Ranchi, Dec 19: Big news for Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his family. The elder brother of the cricketer -- Narendra Singh Dhoni has decided to contest upcoming Lok Sabha election which is expected to be held by May 2014.

Narendra will contest from the Ranchi Lok Sabha seat on a Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket in the next general elections. It seems to be a setback for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as Narendra left the party to join SP.

Kashinath Yadav, SP's chief in-charge of Jharkhand affairs and former MLC in the Uttar Pradesh bicameral made the announcement during a press conference in Dhanbad on Wednesday, Dec 18.

BJP do not know how to respect its workers: MS Dhoni's brother Narendra

Yadav was quoted as saying, "The SP's Central Committee has announced Narendra Singh Dhoni's candidature from the Ranchi Lok Sabha seat."

Narendra Singh Dhoni recently joined the Samajwadi Party in Lucknow. Narendra was also present at the press conference where he informed that he had taken his family's consent before joining the party.

"Soon after joining the BJP in 2009, I left because the party did not know how to respect its workers. The SP respects both its leaders and workers," claimed the elder Dhoni, who had also said that he had taken consent from his family ahead of joining the BJP before the 2009 Assembly elections.

OneIndia News
(With PTI inputs)