26Photo© ndtv.comBlow To Congress As Former Union Minister Suresh Pachouri Joins BJP
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In a jolt to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, senior leader and former Union minister Suresh Pachouri, ex-MP Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi and several others, including the party's former MLAs, joined the BJP in Bhopal today.
Mr Pachouri, Mr Rajukhedi and other leaders joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, state BJP president VD Sharma and former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at the party's state headquarters in the morning.
Former MLAs Sanjay Shukla, Arjun Paliya, Vishal Patel were among the leaders of the grand old party who also joined the ruling outfit.
“ The leaders, who are leaving Congress, are afraid of action against them by Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax and the police. This has nothing to do with ideology,
Jitu Patwari,
Two former Congress MLAs join BJP in Madhya Pradesh