Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, state BJP president C P Joshi and Union minister Bhupendra Yadav welcomed the brand new joinees into the occasion fold at its state headquarters. (File Photograph)
It’s a second main jolt to the Congress inside just a few days as former minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya just lately joined the BJP which fielded him from Basnwara within the LS elections
A number of Rajasthan Congress leaders together with former ministers Rajendra Yadav and Lal Chand Kataria joined the BJP Sunday, days earlier than the anticipated announcement of the Lok Sabha elections.
Former Congress MLAs Ricchpal Mirdha, his son Vijaypal Mirdha and Khiladi Bairwa; former unbiased MLA Alok Beniwal, former state chief of Congress Seva Dal Suresh Chaudhary, Rampal Sharma and Riju Jhunjhunwala amongst different leaders additionally joined the state’s ruling occasion.
Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot hit out these leaders, saying ”individuals are saying they’ve strain from central businesses subsequently they’re leaving the Congress and becoming a member of the BJP”. It’s a second main jolt to the Congress inside just a few days as former minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya just lately joined the BJP which fielded him from Basnwara within the LS elections.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, state BJP president C P Joshi and Union minister Bhupendra Yadav welcomed the brand new joinees into the occasion fold at its state headquarters. Addressing the becoming a member of ceremony, Kataria mentioned he was pushed by his conscience to hitch the BJP. He mentioned the BJP understands the ache and struggling of farmers, the poor and the widespread man.
It was Chief Minister Shama who labored to resolve the difficulty of the Jap Rajasthan Canal Undertaking, Kataria added. Bairwa, who was the chairman of the SC Fee throughout the earlier Congress rule, hit out at former chief minister Gehlot, saying he ”thought of SC individuals his slaves”. Rajendra Yadav and Lal Chand Kataria had been ministers within the Congress authorities headed by Ashok Gehlot which was voted out of energy in November 2023 elections. Kataria was additionally a Union minister of state within the earlier UPA authorities.
Yadav mentioned the BJP will win all of the 25 Lok Sabha seats within the state. When he was a minister within the Gehlot cupboard, the Enforcement Directorate and the Earnings Tax Division carried out searches on premises linked to him in reference to an alleged fraud in noon meals. Ricchpal Mirdha is uncle of former Congress MP Jyoti Mirdha, who joined the BJP forward of the 2023 meeting elections. Jyoti Mirsha has been named because the BJP’s candidate from Nagaur for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Vijaypal Mirdha is Ricchpal Mirdha’s son.
The Mirdha household wields influential within the Jat-dominated Nagaur and close by areas. Ricchpal Mirdha mentioned former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee gave reservation to the Jat group, whereas the Modi authorities has made Jagdeep Dhankhar, the son of a farmer, the vice chairman of India.
There are three governors from the Jat group, he mentioned. ”What did the Congress give us?” Other than them, former MLA Randhir Singh Bhindar, who give up the BJP to kind his Janta Sena outfit, merged with the saffron occasion. Bhindar mentioned he struggled for 11 years after separating from the BJP resulting from sure causes however by no means joined the Congress. He added he was returning to his household.
A BJP spokesperson mentioned {that a} whole of 13,70 leaders together with senior leaders and pradhan, Zila parishad members and panchayat samiti members joined the occasion as we speak. Chief Minister Sharma alleged the Congress sought votes within the title of farmers however cheated them. He additionally accused the occasion of corruption and scams.
Alok Beniwal is the son of the previous Gujarat governor Kamla Beniwal. Gehlot mentioned these leaders had been made Union ministers, state ministers and given different massive positions within the Congress however they left the occasion in troublesome time.
”In troublesome occasions for the occasion, they’re leaving the occasion and working away. Many individuals are saying that they’re beneath strain from central businesses and therefore are becoming a member of the BJP,” he posted on X. ”This isn’t the time to bow right down to any strain however to save lots of democracy and battle for the way forward for the nation,” he mentioned.
Gehlot mentioned occasion leaders ought to take inspiration from the Gandhi household. Rahul Gandhi and his total household had been ”harassed” by the Enforcement Directorate for a lot of days on the pretext of questioning and his Parliament membership was additionally cancelled, he mentioned. ”They had been beneath intense strain. By way of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, he (Rahul Gandhi) is travelling throughout the nation and creating public consciousness towards injustice, inflation, hatred and unemployment. That is easy methods to battle boldly in politics,” he mentioned. ”At present, there’s strain on each establishment within the nation and each particular person is feeling the environment of stress. This stress and strain needs to be countered which solely the Congress Celebration can do. Solely the Congress can preserve the nation’s democracy sturdy and protected,” Gehlot added.
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