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In January of this year, Antony left the Congress after objecting to a BBC programme about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the presence of Union ministers Piyush Goyal and V Muraleedharan, Anil Antony, the son of former Union minister and Congress leader AK Antony, joined the BJP on Thursday. After going against the grain of his party and criticising a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Antony left the Congress in January of this year. "Today, several Congress workers and leaders believe it is their 'dharma' to work for a family. My 'dharma' is to work for the country," Anil Antony stated after joining the BJP. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a very clear vision of putting India in a leading place in a multi-polar world," he further stated. Antony had then said he w