Madhya Pradesh: Former Congress MLA Sulochana Rawat joins BJP ahead of bypolls

Former Congress MLA Sulochana Rawat joined BJP on Sunday ahead of the in Madhya Pradesh scheduled later this month.

In a setback to the opposition Congress ahead of the bypolls in Madhya Pradesh scheduled later this month, its former MLA from poll-bound Jobat, Sulochana Rawat, has joined the ruling BJP.

Rawat and her son Vishal Rawat joined the BJP late on Saturday night in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as they were influenced by the party''s ideology and its works for the tribal population, state BJP chief V D Sharma said.