Port Blair, Mar 13: Shri Samir Halder, Panchayat Samiti member Ram Nagar of Diglipur Panchayat Samiti, who contested as an independent candidate, has Joined Indian National Congress to work under Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, President Pradesh Congress Committee, Andaman & Nicobar Islands in a simple function held at Diglipur on 12/03/2012.