Jitin Prasada : Former Union Minister and Congress leader Jitin Prasada, once considered very close to Rahul Gandhi, has joined the BJP. He joined the party at the BJP headquarters. Jitin’s joining the BJP before the assembly elections to held next year in UP is consider a big setback for the Congress. Prior to this change, Jitin had a meeting with Union Minister Piyush Goyal. 47-year-old Jitin Prasad is the second closest leader of Rahul Gandhi to the BJP after Jyotiraditya Scindia. Jyotiraditya had joined the BJP last year. By including Jitin Prasada in the party, the plan to further expand his reach to the Brahmin class has been clever. Earlier, the party has also included AK Sharma, a bureaucrat close to PM Narendra Modi.
Jitin Prasada wrote a letter to Sonia for reforms in the party.
Jitin’s displeasure, who was associate with the Congress for 20 years, was not hidden from anyone. He was part of the “G-23” or group of 23 Congress leaders who wrote to Sonia Gandhi, stating the need for comprehensive reforms in the party. In this letter, he raised the voice of full-time leadership in the party. Even after this letter, Jitin was among those leaders who were given any role in the party despite expressing ‘dissatisfaction’.
He was associate with the Congress campaign in West Bengal, but the performance of the Congress in these elections was very disappointing. Jitin had publicly criticized the alliance made by his party with the Indian Secular Front in the Bengal elections. Jitin had tweeted, ‘Alliance decisions are take keeping in mind the interests of the party and workers. Now is the time for all to join hands and work towards strengthening the prospects of the Congress in the poll-bound states.
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Jitin was one of the prominent leaders of the Congress.
Jitin, a former MP from Dhaurahara seat of UP, was one of the prominent leaders of the Congress in the state. After the ‘letter bomb’ case, the UP Congress had demanded action against the leaders of G-23 with special mention of Jitin. In favor of this action, Jitin’s family had mentioned ‘doubtful allegiance’ to the Gandhi family. Jitin’s father Jitendra Prasad had challenged Sonia Gandhi’s leadership in the party in the year 1999 and contested the election of party president against her. Jitin Prasad was born in Shahjahanpur, UP, his father Jitendra Prasad has also been a veteran Congress leader. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. Jitin had won from Shahjahanpur and in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from Dhaurara seat. However, in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he had to face defeat at the hands of the BJP candidate.
Sachin Pilot is also unhappy with the Congress leadership.
The problems for the Congress do not seem to be ending even further. Young leader from Rajasthan and Sachin Pilot. Who raised the flag of rebellion against CM Ashok Gehlot last year, is also unhappy with the Congress leadership. Pilot has said that the Congress has failed to fulfill the promise made to him. According to Sachin, these promises were made during the return of 18 party MLAs including him to the party after about a month of drama.
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