Jaipur | All six legislators of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Rajasthan joined the Congress and conveyed their decision to the state Assembly Speaker CP Joshi late on Monday night.
The legislators handed the resignation after meeting with the Speaker gave him a letter saying that they are joining the Congress.
The six BSP MLAs are Joginder Singh Awana from the Nadbai Assembly constituency, Deep Chand from Kishangarh Bas, Rajendra Singh Gudha from Udaipurwati, Lakhan Singh from Karauli, Wajib Ali from Nagar and Sandeep Kumar from Tijara.
“We have joined Congress for development in Rajasthan and in our constituencies. It was important for all of us to join Congress and a unanimous decision was taken. The BSP was extending its support to the Congress in the Assembly, but on the other hand was fighting in Lok Sabha elections,” said Awana.
Congress had ousted the Bharatiya Janata Party in the desert state in the 2018 Assembly elections, following which they made senior leader Ashok Gehlot the Chief Minister.
The move by the BSP MLAs raised the strength of the Congress to 106 in the 200-member house.
The new development has boosted Congress’ presence in the state assembly.The Congress now has the support of 119 MLAs, including one of that of alliance partner Rastriya Lok Dal (RLD) and 12 of 13 independent MLAs in the Assembly.
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