: Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 11:19 PM IST
Jitin Prasada: A Brahmin mask for BJP in Uttar Pradesh and a challenger to Yogi Adityanath s Thakur politics
Rahul s close aide is in rival BJP camp to woo a vote bank that is feeling increasingly alienated under Yogi Adityanath
New Delhi, June 09 (ANI): Jitin Prasada met Union Home Minister Amit Shah earlier today. The Congress leader joined BJP, at his residence in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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It is a rude jolt for former Congress President Rahul Gandhi: his close aide Jitin Prasada (47), a former Union minister of state and a prominent Brahmin face of Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday switched over his loyalties to the rival BJP as a part of the political strategy of PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to cut to size chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Arun Jaitley in Rajya Sabha had clarified Modi’s election speech in which he accused former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Vice President Hamid Ansari of colluding with Pakistan.
Hitting out at the Congress-led government in Punjab, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri alleged on Saturday that Covid vaccines supposed to given for free to the beneficiaries were being sold at a higher price in the state to make .
ormer Congress President Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had a sneak view of Congress panel’s 3-hour-long discussions with Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh, 79, at the Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Road party office in Delhi by joining it with video-conferencing, but they did not pose any questions that may disrupt the proceedings.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appeared before a three-member Congress panel here on Friday, reportedly formed by the party high command to sort out the problems in its state unit. The meeting lasted for more than three hours. The panel is headed by the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, and also comprises Congress Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat and former MP J.P. Aggarwal. Speaking to the reporters, Amarinder Singh said, The meeting was to discuss the preparations for the Assembly elections scheduled early next year. These are our inner party discussions and I don t propose to share them with you.