A Congress leader from Amethi announced his decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday, PTI reported. Jang Bahadur Singh’s move came a day before BJP chief Amit Shah was to visit Amethi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

Singh was a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party, from 2003 to 2007, before he joined the Congress. He said he was “saddened” by the policies of the Congress and felt “enthused by the development-oriented politics” of the BJP, the PTI report said.

“Despite having a government at the Centre for two terms, there were no significant steps to ensure development,” Singh said. “Amethi became synonymous with bad roads.” The Congress “indulged in ignoring its workers, while [Union minister] Smriti Irani, despite losing the elections, showed honour towards workers,” he said. Irani lost to Gandhi in the 2014 elections, but managed to reduce his victory margin significantly – from 3.70 lakh in 2009 to 1.07 lakh in 2014.

During his visit to Amethi on Tuesday along with Irani and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath, Shah will address a rally and inaugurate 21 new development projects, NDTVreported.

Last week, during his visit to the constituency, Gandhi had criticised the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “If Prime Minister Modi cannot address the main issues concerning farmers and the youth, he should say so,” said Gandhi. “The Congress will come and do it in six months.”