Scindia joins BJP as MP govt totters, says Congress living in denial

Gets Rajya Sabha candidate ticket from Madhya Pradesh

Long-time Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia crossed over to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, leaving the Madhya Pradesh government tottering and both parties scrambling to send their legislators far away from the state capital.

Amid reports that he will be the BJP's nominee from the state for the Rajya Sabha, and speculation that he could join the Union Cabinet in the impending reshuffle after the Rajya Sabha polls on March 26 and the  end of the Parliament session on April 3, Scindia said he was “pained” at not being able to serve people and he described the Congress as a