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Former NSP secretary-general Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss applies to join Chiam See Tong's SPP

Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss joined the National Solidarity Party of Singapore in March 2011. (Yahoo photo)

Former National Solidarity Party secretary-general Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss has applied to join the Singapore People's Party, which is led by veteran politician Chiam See Tong, according to media reports.

She, together with Ravi Philemon, Bryan Long, and Osman Sulaiman, resigned from NSP last week after they lost their council positions at NSP's central executive committee election last month.

According to The Straits Times, all but Osman have submitted applications to join SPP, although Today said all four have applied.

Chong-Aruldoss reportedly vied against long-time party member Sebastian Teo for the party's presidency, while Philemon competed against Tan Lam Sion for the secretary-general post, but both lost to Teo and Tan in a landslide.

On why she decided to join SPP, Today quoted her as saying, "The opposition parties are all closely connected, and it is easy to talk to one another. There are no major ideological differences among the various parties... but Mrs Chiam is someone I respect a lot, and I would like to help her in whatever areas she needs help with."

Chiam See Tong's wife, Lina Chiam, is currently a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament, after losing the Potong Pasir single member constituency by a very slim margin in 2011.

According to ST, during a walkabout at Bishan street where she was joined by her husband and Chong-Aruldoss, Mrs Chiam said SPP will field a "very strong team" to contest the Bishan-Toa Payoh group representation constituency.