In a significant political development ahead of the Assembly elections in Rajasthan slated to be held later this year, National…
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In a significant political development ahead of the Assembly elections in Rajasthan slated to be held later this year, National People’s Party MLA Kirodi Lal Meena has decided to rejoin the saffron party. He had left the BJP in 2008.
Meena, the Lalsot MLA, reached the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Jaipur on Sunday, accompanied by his wife Golma Devi and supporters, to rejoin the party after 10 years.
The leader, who is seen as the patriarch of the Meena community, held a meeting with state Water Resources Minister Rampratap at the latter’s residence in presence of Transport Minister Yunus Khan and Agriculture Minister Prabhu Lal Saini, which went on till late last night.
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After the meeting, when he was asked whether it was a “homecoming” for him, Meena said, “Yes, it is happening. I have conveyed my points to the party.”
According a warm welcome to Meena, Raje said she was jubilant that one of their most dedicated workers was making a “ghar waapsi”.
“This is a very emotional moment for me and party workers and I have tears of happiness rolling down my cheeks.”
“I welcome Meena with a warm heart and all the workers are quite excited with his return. This excitement and motivation needs to be the same till December elections as we need to work hard together to allow lotus to bloom in the state in the assembly elections,” Raje said.
NPP has four MLAs– Kirodi Lal Meena (from Lalsot), his wife Golma Devi, (from Rajgarh-Laxmangarh), Geeta Verma (from Sikrai) and Navin Pilania (from Amber).
Three of them may join the BJP, but Navin Pilania is unlikely to join the ruling party in Rajasthan.
(With agencies inputs)
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