Madhya Pradesh Congress party suffered another major setback amid Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday as six-time MLA Ramniwas Rawat quit the grand old party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Further, praising PM Modi for carrying out development works, specifically for the Sikh community, JP Nadda said that the Prime Minister was Punjab in charge for a long time and has been to every district of the state.
The Congress in Wayanad received a setback after its district committee general secretary resigned from the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
This comes at a crucial time, in the backdrop of Lok Sabha elections being held across the nation. Bittu's exit marks another setback for the Congress party, which has witnessed an exodus of big leaders in the last few weeks.
Uttar Pradesh Congress state co-coordinator Vikas Agrahari on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha Constituency, Smriti Irani.
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.
In a show of support to the BJP's Tamil Nadu president and the party's Lok Sabha candidate from Coimbatore, K Annamalai, TDP leader Nara Lokesh took part in a joint roadshow with him ahead of the seven-phased general elections.
Addressing the media here at the BJP headquarters after joining the party, Gupta also alleged that the Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh asked the party leaders to "keep quiet" during the Pran Prstishtha of Ram Lalla at Ayodhya temple.