Outgoing Congress MLA Chintamani Maharaj, denied ticket for the next month’s Assembly elections, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.
He is the third legislator from the ruling party who has turned rebel after being not re-nominated.
Maharaj joined the saffron party in the presence of
Maharaj joined the saffron party in the presence of the BJP s state in-charge Om Mathur and state unit general secretary Pavan Sai at a function in Ambikapur, headquarters of Surguja district. "It is a ghar wapsi (home coming) of Chintamani Maharaj.
Congress MLA Chintamani Maharaj, who has been denied a ticket for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled next month, on Sunday said he may consider joining the BJP if it fields him from the Ambikapur seat.