Bhopal: With Presidential elections round the corner, the BJP strength has gone up by three members in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly after two legislators from other parties and an independent MLA joined the ruling party on Tuesday. This will also have a bearing on the BJP's total vote value in the Presidential polls, to be held on July 18.
Bahujan Samaj Party's Sanjeev Singh Kushwaha (MLA from Bhind), Samajwadi Party's Rajesh Kumar Shukla (representing Bijawar seat) and independent MLA Vikram Singh Rana (from Susner) joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
With this, the BJP's membership to the Legislative Assembly has gone up to 130, while the opposition Congress has 96 MLAs, BSP-1, and there are also 3-independents. Rajesh Kumar being the lone SP member, the party has now no representation in Madhya Pradesh.
After the induction of the three MLAs, state BJP unit president V D Sharmasaid said the three MLAs decision to join the saffron party stemmed out from the effective leadership of CM Chouhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president J P Nadda. "These 3 MLAs are very popular and work with dedication in their respective constituencies," Sharma said.
