Ex-Congress MLA Joins BJP Ahead Of Bypolls In Madhya Pradesh
NDTV
The Election Commission has announced bypolls to three Assembly segments and a Lok Sabha seat in the state along with several other seats of the country.
In a setback to the opposition Congress ahead of the bypolls in Madhya Pradesh scheduled later this month, its former MLA from poll-bound Jobat, Sulochana Rawat, has joined the ruling BJP.
Ms Rawat and her son Vishal Rawat joined the BJP late on Saturday night in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as they were influenced by the party's ideology and its works for the tribal population, state BJP chief VD Sharma said.
The Election Commission has announced bypolls to three Assembly segments and a Lok Sabha seat in the state along with several other seats of the country. The polling is scheduled on October 30.
Sulochana Rawat, who had won the elections on a Congress ticket from Jobat (ST) Assembly seat twice - in 1998 and 2008 - was considered that party's potential candidate from this seat.
