<p class="title">External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar formally joined the BJP on Monday in the presence of party working president J P Nadda.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jaishankar, a career diplomat and a former foreign secretary, was inducted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his government as external affairs minister.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was sworn in as a Cabinet minister along with other members of the government on May 30.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP is likely to field him from Gujarat as its Rajya Sabha candidate.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has to be a Member of Parliament within six months of his swearing in. </p>
<p class="title">External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar formally joined the BJP on Monday in the presence of party working president J P Nadda.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jaishankar, a career diplomat and a former foreign secretary, was inducted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his government as external affairs minister.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was sworn in as a Cabinet minister along with other members of the government on May 30.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP is likely to field him from Gujarat as its Rajya Sabha candidate.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has to be a Member of Parliament within six months of his swearing in. </p>