News Brief
Another Jolt To Madhya Pradesh Congress: After Indore Lok Sabha Candidate, Six-Time MLA Ramniwas Rawat Joins BJP
Nishtha Anushree
Apr 30, 2024, 04:55 PM | Updated 04:55 PM IST
Save & read from anywhere!
Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app.
A day after Congress' Lok Sabha candidate from Indore, Akshay Kanti Bam joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, six-time Congress MLA from Sheopur's Vijaypur Ramniwas Rawat too joined the BJP.
Notably, Rawat was also the working president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) and was a Cabinet Minister when Digvijaya Singh was the Chief Minister.
Until last week, he was seen campaigning for Digvijaya Singh in the Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency. Morena Mayor Sharda Solanki also joined BJP with Rawat.
Rawat was welcomed by MP CM Mohan Yadav into the BJP on Tuesday (30 April) during the campaign event for BJP's Morena candidate Shivmangal Singh Tomar in Sheopur.
Former MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra and state BJP president V D Sharma were also present. Mishra is also the state convener of BJP's committee for new joinings.
Madhya Pradesh Congress is having a hard time after the BJP won the 2023 Assembly elections with a thumping majority. Organisational troubles began when Jitu Patwari was appointed as the MPCC president.
The former MPCC president Kamal Nath is said to be sidelined and is known to have only focused on the Lok Sabha elections in Chhindwara to ensure victory for his son, Nakul Nath.
Yesterday, Indore became the second constituency after Surat to witness the withdrawal of a Congress candidate. Interestingly, both cities were joint winners of Swachhta Sarvekshan 2023.
Save & read from anywhere!
Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app.
Nishtha Anushree is Senior Sub-editor at Swarajya. She tweets at @nishthaanushree.
Support Swarajya's 50 Ground Reports Project & Sponsor A Story
Every general election Swarajya does a 50 ground reports project.
Aimed only at serious readers and those who appreciate the nuances of political undercurrents, the project provides a sense of India's electoral landscape. As you know, these reports are produced after considerable investment of travel, time and effort on the ground.
This time too we've kicked off the project in style and have covered over 30 constituencies already. If you're someone who appreciates such work and have enjoyed our coverage please consider sponsoring a ground report for just Rs 2999 to Rs 19,999 - it goes a long way in helping us produce more quality reportage.
You can also back this project by becoming a subscriber for as little as Rs 999 - so do click on this links and choose a plan that suits you and back us.
Click below to contribute.