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Jitin Prasada was once considered as among Rahul Gandhi s young Turks and was a minister in successive Manmohan Singh governments but defected from the Congress to the BJP in 2021, where he has again established himself as a prominent Brahmin face of Uttar Pradesh.
The BJP’s decision to replace seasoned MP Santosh Gangwar with a former MLA in its bastion has angered the influential OBC Kurmi community and exposed an internal rift.