The BJP’s membership drive started in Gwalior on Saturday (File)
Gwalior:
Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh on Sunday hit out at BJP chief Jyotiraditya Scindia, saying that the latter left the Congress even because the social gathering had given him “a lot”.
Mr Singh mentioned leaving the Congress was not anticipated from Mr Scindia and his transfer has dented the credibility in politics.
Mr Singh’s criticism of Mr Scindia got here on the day the ruling BJP claimed that as many as 35,843 Congress cadres joined the ruling social gathering within the final two days of its three-day membership drive underway in Gwalior.
Nevertheless, Mr Singh mentioned that the Congress has grown a lot stronger within the Gwalior-Chambal area after Scindia give up the social gathering.
The BJP’s membership drive started in Gwalior on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters right here on Sunday, state Vitality Minister Pradhyuman Singh Tomar mentioned, “As many as 35,843 Congress leaders and employees joined the BJP in two days within the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and RS member Jyotiraditya Scindia.”
The minister added that former Congress MP from Morena Barelal Jatav and former Congress MLA from Gwalior rural constituency Ramvaran Gurjar on Sunday joined the BJP.
The Congress, which had held a protest in opposition to the BJP’s membership drive when it was launched on Saturday, additionally organised a “dharna” (sit-in) on the Rani Lakshmi Bai memorial on Sunday.
After collaborating within the protest, Digvijaya Singh mentioned, “The Congress has given a lot to Scindia, nonetheless he left the social gathering. It was not anticipated from him. This has dented the credibility in politics.”
“The large protest of hundreds of Congress cadres on Saturday in opposition to the BJP’s massive membership drive on its opening day, speaks of the truth that the social gathering has grown stronger after Mr Scindia’s exit,” Mr Singh mentioned.
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