The evident happened on 6th April when Shatrughan Sinha, a BJP rebel, forÂmally joined the Congress party. He lashÂed out at the BJP and lavished praises on Rahul Gandhi. The Congress lost no time in naming the actor-politician as its candidate from the Patna Sahib seat in Bihar. The BJP has fielded Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib.