Given a sentence in German, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in English that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

Er verließ die Janata Dal (United) und trat im Februar 2008 in die Bharatiya Janata-Partei ein.
He left the Janata Dal ( United ) and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in February , 2008 .