NEW DELHI: In an enormous setback to the Congress occasion, its senior chief Jitin Prasada on Wednesday formally joined the BJP.
He was formally inducted into the occasion within the presence of Union Minister Piyush Goyal and different high BJP leaders on the occasion headquarters in New Delhi.
Delhi: Congress chief Jitin Prasada joins BJP within the presence of Union Miniter Piyush Goyal, on the occasion headquarters. pic.twitter.com/lk07VGygbe
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Sources within the BJP mentioned that he could also be requested to contest meeting polls in 2022 and then could play a task within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
During the final state elections Congress’s UP in-charge Priyanka Gandhi was mulling to discipline the favored Brahmin face towards BJP stalwart Rajnath Singh in Lucknow.
Prasada was, nevertheless, reluctant to choose up the gauntlet. Sources had mentioned that the chief felt extra comfy contesting from his conventional seat Dhaurara and didn’t see any sound political rationale in shifting to Lucknow.
After Jitin Prasada, who was among the many G-23 leaders that demanded free and truthful organisational election within the Congress final 12 months, some others from the Congress occasion could quickly be a part of the saffron occasion within the days to return.
