Former Congress MLA Hari Vallabh Shukla along with his supporters and other congress leaders took the membership of the saffron party in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav at the state BJP office in Bhopal.
The former MLA from Pulakeshinagar constituency quit Congress in 2023 after he was denied the ticket to contest the Assembly election and he then contested the poll on the BSP ticket. But he lost to the Congress candidate by a huge margin.
The key leaders who have officially joined the YSR Congress Party include Pamula Rajeswari Devi, former MLA from Janasena representing P. Gannavaram, R. Ramesh Kumar Reddy, former MLA from TDP representing Rayachoti, and Pothina Mahesh, who previously served as Janasena's Constituency In-Cha
Samajwadi Party is likely to change its previously announced candidate for the Lok Sabha elections from the Meerut seat once again, replacing Atul Pradhan with Sunita Verma, the wife of former MLA Yogesh Verma.
Former MLA of Tumkur Rural Assembly Constituency H Ningappa will join Janata Dal (Secular) on Tuesday morning, said former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
"Today marked a significant moment as Ananta Kumar Malo, former MLA, Kishore Bhattacharya, former APCC member, and Bhaskar Dahal, former secretary & Spokesperson of APCC, officially joined the BJP at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan, Guwahati," Kalita said in a post on 'X'.
Tension gripped Andhra Pradesh's Ananthapur district on Friday as supporters of former MLA Prabhakar Choudhary protested against the decision of the leadership of the Telugu Desam Party to not grant him a ticket in the upcoming Assembly election.
Senior Congress leader Namdeo Usendi joined the BJP in Nagpur on Tuesday. The former MLA resigned from the primary membership of the Congress Party today.
"The properties attached are registered in the name of Gangotri Enterprises, Royal Empire Marketing Pvt Ltd, Kandarp Construction Pvt Ltd Reeta Tiwari who are the main accused in the case," ED said.