Another Congress MLA Joins BJP in Madhya Pradesh, 27th Since Last Year
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"Jo bikau maal hai voh bikega, jo tikau maal hai voh tikega (what's for sale will sell, what's durable will last)," Digvijaya Singh reacted.
In another big jolt to Congress in Madhya Pradesh, one of the party's MLAs switched over to the BJP just 6 days before a bypoll in the Lok Sabha constituency his assembly seat falls under. Sachin Birla, first-time Congress MLA from the Barwaha seat of Khargone district in MP joined the ruling BJP at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's rally in Bedia village on Sunday. He is the 27th sitting Congress MLA to have joined the ruling party in the state since the Kamal Nath-led government fell following resignations by 22 of its MLAs in March 2020. 27th sitting @INCMP MLA Sachin Birla,joins ruling @BJP4India since @OfficeOfKNath led government fell in MP, he joined @BJP4MP ahead of bypolls in Khandwa @ndtv@ndtvindiapic.twitter.com/Ad6liPIebF
Khandwa-Burhanpur Lok Sabha constituency, along with three Assembly seats, goes to the polls on October 30.
"Jo bikau maal hai voh bikega, jo tikau maal hai voh tikega (what's for sale will sell, what's durable will last)," Former Chief Minister and Congress parliamentarian Digvijaya Singh said about Mr Birla's move.
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