Kamlesh Shah, three-time Congress MLA from Amarwara in Chhindwara, joins BJP6Photo© hindustantimes.com

Kamlesh Shah, three-time Congress MLA from Amarwara in Chhindwara, joins BJP

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In a big setback to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, its three-term MLA from Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, Kamlesh Shah, on Friday joined the ruling BJP.

Chhindwara, which goes to polls in the first phase on April 19, is the home district of Congress stalwart and former chief minister Kamal Nath.

Kamlesh Shah was welcomed into the BJP by the party's national joint general secretary Shiv Prakash, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and state party president Vishnu Dutt Sharma.