Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 28 (ANI): In a serious jolt to the Congress forward of the Himachal Pradesh Meeting elections later this 12 months, the occasion’s state unit working president, Harsh Mahajan joined the Bharatiya Janata Occasion on Wednesday and mentioned that the occasion has turn out to be “directionless and leaderless”.
Mahajan joined the BJP within the presence of Union Minister Piyush Goyal immediately within the nationwide capital.
Talking on the event, Mahajan mentioned, “I used to be in Congress for 45yrs… immediately, Congress has turn out to be directionless, leaderless. There’s neither a imaginative and prescient nor staff on the bottom stage.”
Reacting to the most recent induction, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur mentioned that Congress is going through a nasty part with the quitting of the occasion’s working president.
“Congress is going through dangerous instances and you might be seeing that state of affairs in the entire nation. Himachal Pradesh, which is on the cusp of elections, has the same state of affairs too,” he instructed ANI.
Thakur hinted that extra such becoming a member of shall be seen within the close to future.
Taking a jibe at Congress, Thakur mentioned that two out of the 4 working presidents that the occasion appointed have joined the BJP, thus failing the bid to strengthen the occasion.
“To strengthen the Congress, an association was made that together with a president, 4 working presidents must also be made in order that the Congress occasion could be stored collectively. They tried to make such makes an attempt. Now out of these 4, two working presidents have joined the Bharatiya Janata Occasion” he mentioned.
“Pawan Kajal was the working president of Kangra, he got here first and Nalagarh MLA Lakhwinder Singh Rana, State Vice President of Congress Occasion, has additionally joined our occasion,” Thakur added.
The Chief Minister additional welcomed Mahajan into the BJP.
“And immediately I’m completely satisfied that Harsh Mahajan Ji who’s a senior chief of the Congress occasion and has additionally been a minister within the Himachal Pradesh authorities for a very long time, was the working president of the Congress occasion and I can say that he was very near Holly Lodge. He had an necessary position in making all of the preparations, making the technique. So immediately he joined our occasion, I welcome him,” he mentioned.
He mentioned that half the Congress members are leaving the occasion and with the passage of time, extra persons are anticipated to stop the occasion.
“I can say that extra such issues shall be seen within the coming time. Half the Congress has left the occasion. So he’s welcomed and greeted and we are going to give him full respect, place and recognition within the occasion and provides him alternatives in accordance with his stature,” he mentioned. (ANI)
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