Ahead Of Madhya Pradesh Polls, Jyotiraditya Scindia's Aide Returns To Congress
NDTV
Pramod Tandon had joined the BJP when Mr Scindia and several Congress MLAs close to him crossed over to the party in March 2020, toppling the Kamal Nath-led government.
Pramod Tandon, an associate of Union minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, on Saturday returned to the Congress's fold ahead of the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh.
Mr Tandon, along with Ramkishore Shukla and Dinesh Malhar, was formally re-inducted into the Congress by the party's state unit chief Kamal Nath in Indore.
Mr Tandon had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party when Mr Scindia and several Congress MLAs close to him crossed over to the party in March 2020, toppling the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in the state in the process.
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