Bhopal, Mar 22 (PTI) Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former zila panchayat chairman Rao Yadvendra Singh Yadav of Madhya Pradesh’s Ashok Nagar district on Wednesday joined the Congress along with his supporters in the state capital here.
Assembly elections in MP are likely to be held later this year.
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president and former chief minister Kamal Nath welcomed Yadav and his supporters into the party in the presence of the senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh.
“It is a matter of happiness that Yadav decided to join Congress without any inducement and pressure and to secure the future of Madhya Pradesh,” Nath said on the occasion.
Nath said Yadav’s father Deshraj Yadav was a three-term MLA from Mungaoli seat in Ashok Nagar district.
Later Yadav met Digvijaya Singh at his residence along with the latter’s son and former minister Jaivardhan Singh.
Senior Congress MLAs, including former deputy speaker and MLA Hina Kanvre, MLAs Gopal Singh Chauhan, Chandrabhaga Kirade, Vishal Patel, Val Singh Medha and former Narsinghgarh MLA Girish Bhandari were present on the occasion. PTI MAS NR NR
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