Former Union minister Jitin Prasada, who just lately switched from Congress to BJP, met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday and stated they mentioned points associated to strengthening the organisation.
Prasad, who arrived in his house state Uttar Pradesh for the primary time after becoming a member of the BJP on June 9, stated, “I met the chief minister and sought his blessings.”
A UP authorities official termed it a “courtesy meeting”.
Prasad stated they mentioned methods to make sure that welfare schemes attain the plenty extra successfully and additional strengthen the celebration group in order to “serve the state and the country”.
On his determination to hitch the BJP, Prasad stated it’s the solely celebration the place individuals get rewarded for his or her arduous work.
“There is a number of enthusiasm amongst my supporters, and this determination has been taken retaining in thoughts the general public sentiments.
“The celebration has a robust management, group and a transparent course. BJP is the one celebration the place coverage selections are taken retaining in thoughts the ideas and emotions of the employees and the organisation. It is the one celebration the place persons are rewarded on the premise of arduous work.
On June 9, Congress chief Jitin Prasada joined the BJP in what was seen as an try by the ruling celebration to shore up its caste arithmetic for the meeting elections in Uttar Pradesh due early subsequent yr.
47-year-old Prasad, who was a minister within the earlier UPA authorities, comes from a well known Brahmin household from Uttar Pradesh and served because the Congress chief in-charge of West Bengal earlier than becoming a member of the BJP.
His father Jitendra Prasad was a outstanding Congress chief whose fortunes fell after his determination to contest towards Sonia Gandhi for the put up of celebration president in 2000.
According to BJP sources, Jitin Prasada’s becoming a member of will assist the BJP in good humor to Brahmins, who’re stated to be sad with the celebration in Uttar Pradesh, India’s politically most essential state.
Jitin Prasada was a part of a gaggle of 23 leaders who wrote to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi final October demanding organizational change and elections in any respect ranges, taking the celebration by storm.
There was hypothesis about Prasad becoming a member of the BJP through the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as effectively, however it’s believed that the Congress management had managed to steer him towards quitting the celebration.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
