Ex-Union Minister Senior Congressmen Jitin Prasada Joins BJP

Former Union minister and a close aide of Rahul Gandhi, Jitin Prasada on June 9 joined the BJP in the presence of senior BJP leaders at party headquarters in New Delhi. Reportedly, earlier also rumors floated after the 2019 Lok Sabha election that he would leave the Congress, but the senior leadership somehow convinced him. Jitin was among the G-23 leaders who demanded free and fair organizational elections in Congress.