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Exodus From Madhya Pradesh Congress: Former Union Minister, Former MP And MLAs Among Leaders To Join BJP
Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders who joined BJP
After Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra left Madhya Pradesh, several senior Congress leaders left the party to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday (9 March).
The most notable of them are former Union Minister in Manmohan Singh and Narasimha Rao cabinets, Suresh Pachouri and former Dhar MP Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi.
The other leader to join is former Indore-1 MLA Sanjay Shukla, who was seen on friendly terms with the BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya around the 2023 Assembly elections.
Two other former MLAs, Depalpur's Vishal Patel and Pipariya's Arjun Paliya also joined BJP along with former Bhopal's Congress district president Kailash Mishra.
These leaders were welcomed in the party by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, state BJP president V D Sharma and former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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