The Congressmen who crossed over to the saffron fold within the presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav included state Congress common secretary Ujjwal Singh Chauhan, councillors, sarpanches, janpad members, and employees.
Amid suspense over the next political transfer of Congress veteran Kamal Nath, several native leaders of the get together from his stronghold of Chhindwara district joined the BJP on Wednesday.
Welcoming them into the BJP fold, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav cryptically mentioned many individuals are feeling anxious and they’ll finally join the saffron get together within the coming days.
The Congressmen who crossed over to the saffron fold within the presence of Yadav included state Congress common secretary Ujjwal Singh Chauhan, councillors, sarpanches, janpad members, and employees.
A Congress spokesperson mentioned the Grand Old Party will not be affected by deserters. ”Many persons are feeling anxious. If not as we speak, however tomorrow, they’ll join the BJP household. Nobody on the earth will have the ability to forestall this from occurring,” the chief minister mentioned whereas addressing a public assembly.
He additionally appealed to the folks to make sure the BJP’s victory within the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency. Chhindwara, represented by Kamal Nath for 9 phrases up to now, is at the moment held by his son Nakul Nath.
It is the one constituency that the BJP did not wrest from the Congress within the 2019 elections when the saffron get together swept Madhya Pradesh by profitable 28 of the 29 seats. Chhindwara district BJP president claimed 1,500 Congressmen, together with over 700 from the newly-created Pandhurna district, joined the BJP.
The new entrants in BJP embrace Pandhurna Nagar Palika chairman Sandeep Ghatode, Nagar Palika councillors, Pandhurna district janpad members, 16 sarpanchs, and others.
Pandhurna is likely one of the seven meeting segments below the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency.
”I got here to Chhindwara as we speak to thank the folks of Madhya Pradesh for electing the BJP to energy with a mandate of 163 seats (in meeting elections),” Yadav mentioned.
The chief minister additionally inaugurated and laid the muse stone for varied developmental initiatives value Rs 104 crore.
”No drive on the earth would have the ability to cease Madhya Pradesh from growing below the management of PM Modi. This is the time of Modi and the BJP authorities. It is the federal government of the poor. More than 25 crore folks might come out of poverty within the nation, together with 2.5 crore in MP, solely due to Modi,” he mentioned.
Yadav additionally took out a Jan Abhar Yatra from the Imlikheda airstrip to the venue of the general public assembly.
Meanwhile, Congress spokesperson Anand Bakshi mentioned the get together and the organisation is not going to be affected if some employees cross over to different events. ”However, the query is what would be the place of such folks in different events? They derived power from the Congress organisation,” he mentioned.
The speculations about Kamal Nath’s next political transfer refuse to die down though get together leaders have been at pains to claim that he would stick with the Grand Old Party which formed his political profession. Congress common secretary Bhanwar Jitendra Singh on Tuesday mentioned the hypothesis of Nath becoming a member of the BJP will not be true and claimed that such talks have been a creation of the media and the saffron get together.
A celebration chief had mentioned Nath would take part within the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra after it enters Madhya Pradesh on March 2. Notably, Nath and different leaders nearly attended a gathering to evaluation preparations for the yatra a day earlier.
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