Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad on Thursday said he will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls but not as a BJP candidate, hinting his inclination towards the Congress.
Announcing he would contest from his traditional Darbhanga seat in Bihar, he said: "I will contest as a candidate of a national party other than BJP. "
He did not disclose the name of the party but expressed his softness for Congress, praising its chief Rahul Gandhi.
"People's confidence in leadership of Raul Gandhi has been increasing, " he said.
A cricketer - turned - politician, Azad, who was member of 1983 World Cup winning team, is son of former Bihar Chief Minister Bhagwat Jha Azad.