Two former Congress MLAs joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh on Monday.
The political improvement comes two days after former Union minister Suresh Pachouri bid adieu to his five-decade allegiance with the Congress, and joined the BJP.
Former Congress legislators Arunoday Choubey and Shivdayal Bagri joined the BJP within the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and MP get together president VD Sharma on the state BJP headquarters in Bhopal.
Choubey was elected as MLA from Khurai seat in Sagar district in 2008, whereas Bagri represented Gunnaur meeting seat in Panna district in 2018.
There was hypothesis that Congress chief and former MLA Deepak Joshi, son of BJP stalwart and ex-chief minister Kailash Joshi, may additionally be part of the ruling get together together with Choubey and Bagri.
But Joshi didn’t be part of the BJP on Monday.
Deepak Joshi, a former state minister, joined the Congress earlier than the 2023 MP meeting polls and unsuccessfully contested on its ticket from Khategaon seat in Dewas district.
On Saturday, veteran chief Suresh Pachouri and former MP Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi joined the BJP together with former MLAs Sanjay Shukla (who represented Indore-1 seat up to now), Arjun Paliya (Pipariya), Vishal Patel (Depalpur).
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First Published: Mar 11 2024 | 1:40 PM IST
