As new elite queues up to join Modi government, BJP showcases Jitin Prasad’s class, not caste June 9, 2021, 9:42 PM IST
Lakshmi Iyer is a journalist worked with Mumbai Mirror, who has been covering politics for three decades in Delhi & Mumbai.
When former Union Minister Jitin Prasad, a Congress leader considered once close to Rahul Gandhi, crossed over to the BJP ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year, it did not take many in the Congress by surprise.
That is because Prasad’s exit has apparently been in the works for close to a week. Top Congress brass had been in touch with him, trying to dissuade him from taking the plunge. ” In the end he seems to have prevailed. We only hope he doesn’t take his friend Rahul Gandhi along to BJP headquarters ” .
Jitin Prasada inclusion will make BJP stronger in Uttar Pradesh: BJP ANI | Updated: Jun 09, 2021 19:40 IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Hours after Jitin Prasada switched from Congress to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia welcomed Prasada to the party asserting that his inclusion would make the BJP stronger in Uttar Pradesh. The inclusion of Jitin Prasad ji in BJP will give strength to the party and we are sure that with his hard work, he will play a major role in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections and strengthen the party, Bhatia said.
The BJP spokesperson said, The whole nation knows that, unlike in any other political party, a normal party worker in BJP can also dream and work hard to become the national president like Amit Shah and JP Nadda and can also hold the highest constitutional posts like Narendra Modi Ji.
(ANI Photo)
Congress leader Jitin Prasada joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, in a boost to the saffron party as it works to strengthen its social coalition ahead of assembly elections in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh early next year.
Joining the BJP in the presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal and its chief spokesperson Anil Baluni, Prasada told reporters that if there was any political party in the country today that worked in an institutional way. if there was truly any national party in the country, then it was the Bharatiya Janata Party .
Other parties were either about personalities or confined to some particular regions, he said, echoing the BJP s criticism of its rivals like the Congress and several regional parties.
Jitin Prasada was formally inducted into the party in the presence of Union Minister Piyush Goyal and other top saffron leaders at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.