<span style="color: black;">Uttarakhand Independent MLA Pritam Singh Panwar on Wednesday joined the BJP. He was inducted in the BJP by Union Minister Smriti Irani, state president Madan Kaushik, party MP Anil Baluni and others at party headquarters in New Delhi. <br />''<br />''Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Panwar, an MLA from Dhanolti, lauded the developmental works of the Centre and state government in Uttarakhand.</span>