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In yet another jolt to Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh, the party MLA from Maihar seat in Satna district has joined BJP.
Narayan Tripathi, who joined BJP in the presence of state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at a function yesterday in Satna, is the third MLA from Congress to join the saffron party after Sanjay Pathak and Dinesh Ahirwar.
The Maihar MLA said he left Congress as he was being neglected by the party.
On Satna Lok Sabha seat, veteran Congress leader late Arjun Singh's son and MLA Ajay Singh is pitted against sitting BJP MP Ganesh Singh.
The series of Congress leaders quitting the party because of discontentment began with Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Choudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi joining BJP, at a time when Ajay was about to initiate a debate on the no-confidence motion against Chouhan's government last year.
During Assembly polls, sitting Congress MP from Hoshangabad, Rao Uday Pratap Singh joined BJP as he was not happy with the ticket distribution process.
Congress suffered a major jolt when it's Lok Sabha candidate from Bhind seat, Dr Bhagirath Prasad last month joined BJP a day after he was declared as party (Congress) nominee from that seat.
Later, it suffered another setback when it's sitting MLA from Vijayragogarh seat, Sanjay Pathak joined BJP in protest against ticket not being allotted to a local candidate from Khajuraho seat.
Besides, MLA Dinesh Ahirwar from Jatara seat in Tikamgarh district also quit the party to join BJP.
Notably, Tripathi had campaigned with Ajay Singh till a day before joining BJP. He also took part in campaigning with Union minister Rajiv Shukla and Bollywood actress Amisha Patel two days back in full public glare.
Besides them, former BJP MLA Rakesh Shukla, who was a member if Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Radhelal Baghel and Mahendra Singh, both ex-MLAs from BSP, also joined BJP today.
Narayan Tripathi, who joined BJP in the presence of state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at a function yesterday in Satna, is the third MLA from Congress to join the saffron party after Sanjay Pathak and Dinesh Ahirwar.
The Maihar MLA said he left Congress as he was being neglected by the party.
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Tripathi was earlier with Samajwadi Party and later joined Congress and contested the 2013 Assembly polls from Maihar.
On Satna Lok Sabha seat, veteran Congress leader late Arjun Singh's son and MLA Ajay Singh is pitted against sitting BJP MP Ganesh Singh.
The series of Congress leaders quitting the party because of discontentment began with Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Choudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi joining BJP, at a time when Ajay was about to initiate a debate on the no-confidence motion against Chouhan's government last year.
During Assembly polls, sitting Congress MP from Hoshangabad, Rao Uday Pratap Singh joined BJP as he was not happy with the ticket distribution process.
Congress suffered a major jolt when it's Lok Sabha candidate from Bhind seat, Dr Bhagirath Prasad last month joined BJP a day after he was declared as party (Congress) nominee from that seat.
Later, it suffered another setback when it's sitting MLA from Vijayragogarh seat, Sanjay Pathak joined BJP in protest against ticket not being allotted to a local candidate from Khajuraho seat.
Besides, MLA Dinesh Ahirwar from Jatara seat in Tikamgarh district also quit the party to join BJP.
Notably, Tripathi had campaigned with Ajay Singh till a day before joining BJP. He also took part in campaigning with Union minister Rajiv Shukla and Bollywood actress Amisha Patel two days back in full public glare.
Besides them, former BJP MLA Rakesh Shukla, who was a member if Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Radhelal Baghel and Mahendra Singh, both ex-MLAs from BSP, also joined BJP today.
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