Big jolt to BJP, its MP from Rajasthan joins Congress

New Delhi : In a boost to the Congress ahead of the December 7 Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hareesh Meena on Wednesday joined the Congress.

The Dausa MP and former Rajasthan Director General of Police, Meena was formally inducted into the party here in the presence of state unit chief Sachin Pilot and General Secretary Ashok Gehlot.

BJP MP from Rajasthan's Dausa Harish Meena has joined the Congress Party in the presence of party leaders Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, in Delhi pic.twitter.com/aiaePYmNnM

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The development is seen as a jolt to BJP ahead of the next month’s assembly polls in Rajasthan.

Meena won from Dausa constituency on BJP ticket in 2014 and became Lok Sabha MP.

Meena’s quitting his party – BJP and joining Congress is result of huge anti-incumbency the saffron party is facing in Rajasthan ahead of the assembly polls.

Assembly polls in Rajasthan will be held on December 7 and counting of votes will take place on December 12.

Published on : Nov 14, 2018 at 12:47 IST

By EP Web Desk and IANS