Suspended Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha on Thursday blamed the party's "appeasement politics" for his decision to switch sides and join Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of Assam polls.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday announced that former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on February 22, marking a significant political development ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections.
Ahead of the Chandigarh Mayor election, two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors on Wednesday, Suman Devi and Poonam Devi, have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Dismissing speculations that he could be the next prominent face in the Congress to dump the grand old party and join the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the party's UP president Ajay Rai said on Tuesday the latter only makes such claims when it is 'worried' or 'anxious'.
Amid speculations of some big Congress leaders giving thought to switching sides as the Opposition alliance stares at a collapse, media reports claimed that Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib, Manish Tewari, is in touch with the BJP and can jump ship.
Congress MLA and former Rajasthan minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya on Friday lamented the grand old party's 'plight' amid speculations of him joining the ruling BJP.