MP: Congress loses ex-MLA to BJP, jumps ship a number of months earlier than meeting polls

By Express News Service

BHOPAL: Assembly polls are nonetheless 11 months away, however the season of political switchovers appears to have already begun in Madhya Pradesh.

Former Congress MLA Brij Bihari Pateriya ended his lengthy affiliation with the grand previous occasion on Saturday, becoming a member of the ruling BJP in presence of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on the CM’s residence in Bhopal.

Counted amongst highly effective Brahmin leaders from Bundelkhand area, Pateriya who gained the Deori meeting seat of Sagar district as Congress candidate in 1998, had unsuccessfully contested in opposition to BJP veteran and current PWD minister Gopal Bhargava in 2008 from Rehli seat of Sagar district solely.

While Pateriya’s switchover to BJP is being seen as a jolt to the Congress, as he’s a rich politician having an affect on all seven meeting seats of Sagar district.

This can be a big acquire for the saffron occasion, because it has managed to win the Deori seat (which Pateriya gained in 1998) 4 occasions whereas the Congress occasion has gained it 5 occasions since 1980.  The Congress has gained the seat final two occasions (2013 and 2018) by convincing margins, with Kamal Nath loyalist Harsh Yadav profitable each occasions.

While Pateriya has joined the BJP now, his nephew Vinit Pateriya joined the saffron occasion just a few years again after quitting Congress. It’s Vinit’s spouse Anita, who’s presently the Deori Janpad Panchayat chairperson.

According to BJP sources, both Brij Bihari Pateriya or his nephew could also be fielded by the BJP from the Deori seat in subsequent yr’s polls, because the occasion has didn’t subject a powerful candidate from the seat within the final two meeting polls.

Pateriya joined the BJP in presence of city administration minister Bhupendra Singh, a senior occasion chief from Bundelkhand and an MLA from Khurai, which can be in Sagar district.

Singh, who’s believed to be instrumental in Pateriya becoming a member of the BJP, mentioned, many extra Congress leaders, together with current MLAs, are in contact with him to affix the saffron occasion. He, nonetheless, added that it is not assured that these becoming a member of BJP can be fielded within the 2023 year-end polls.

Meanwhile, sources mentioned the inner surveys of the RSS-BJP have pointed in direction of sturdy anti-incumbency in opposition to sitting BJP MLAs in Gwalior-Chambal, Vindhya and Bundelkhand areas.

It’s attainable these surveys could immediate BJP to welcome politicians from different events, significantly with a watch on these seats the place there may be excessive anti-incumbency in opposition to sitting MLA and absence of sturdy alternative from inside occasion ranks.

Recently, state cooperatives minister Arvind Singh Bhadoria additionally hinted at many Congress MLAs keen to affix the occasion.

Senior state Congress leaders, together with state occasion chief Kamal Nath, chief of opposition Dr Govind Singh and ex-minister Lakhan Singh Yadav have lately claimed that many BJP leaders, together with sitting MLAs (amongst them Jyotiraditya Scindia-loyalists), are eager to affix Congress, as they concern denial of tickets by the BJP in subsequent elections.

BHOPAL: Assembly polls are nonetheless 11 months away, however the season of political switchovers appears to have already begun in Madhya Pradesh.

Former Congress MLA Brij Bihari Pateriya ended his lengthy affiliation with the grand previous occasion on Saturday, becoming a member of the ruling BJP in presence of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on the CM’s residence in Bhopal.

Counted amongst highly effective Brahmin leaders from Bundelkhand area, Pateriya who gained the Deori meeting seat of Sagar district as Congress candidate in 1998, had unsuccessfully contested in opposition to BJP veteran and current PWD minister Gopal Bhargava in 2008 from Rehli seat of Sagar district solely.

While Pateriya’s switchover to BJP is being seen as a jolt to the Congress, as he’s a rich politician having an affect on all seven meeting seats of Sagar district.

This can be a big acquire for the saffron occasion, because it has managed to win the Deori seat (which Pateriya gained in 1998) 4 occasions whereas the Congress occasion has gained it 5 occasions since 1980.  The Congress has gained the seat final two occasions (2013 and 2018) by convincing margins, with Kamal Nath loyalist Harsh Yadav profitable each occasions.

While Pateriya has joined the BJP now, his nephew Vinit Pateriya joined the saffron occasion just a few years again after quitting Congress. It’s Vinit’s spouse Anita, who’s presently the Deori Janpad Panchayat chairperson.

According to BJP sources, both Brij Bihari Pateriya or his nephew could also be fielded by the BJP from the Deori seat in subsequent yr’s polls, because the occasion has didn’t subject a powerful candidate from the seat within the final two meeting polls.

Pateriya joined the BJP in presence of city administration minister Bhupendra Singh, a senior occasion chief from Bundelkhand and an MLA from Khurai, which can be in Sagar district.

Singh, who’s believed to be instrumental in Pateriya becoming a member of the BJP, mentioned, many extra Congress leaders, together with current MLAs, are in contact with him to affix the saffron occasion. He, nonetheless, added that it is not assured that these becoming a member of BJP can be fielded within the 2023 year-end polls.

Meanwhile, sources mentioned the inner surveys of the RSS-BJP have pointed in direction of sturdy anti-incumbency in opposition to sitting BJP MLAs in Gwalior-Chambal, Vindhya and Bundelkhand areas.

It’s attainable these surveys could immediate BJP to welcome politicians from different events, significantly with a watch on these seats the place there may be excessive anti-incumbency in opposition to sitting MLA and absence of sturdy alternative from inside occasion ranks.

Recently, state cooperatives minister Arvind Singh Bhadoria additionally hinted at many Congress MLAs keen to affix the occasion.

Senior state Congress leaders, together with state occasion chief Kamal Nath, chief of opposition Dr Govind Singh and ex-minister Lakhan Singh Yadav have lately claimed that many BJP leaders, together with sitting MLAs (amongst them Jyotiraditya Scindia-loyalists), are eager to affix Congress, as they concern denial of tickets by the BJP in subsequent elections.