Jitin Prasada quits Congress, joins BJP
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada quits Congress, joins BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Jitin Prasada, a former Union minister and prominent member of the Congress’ young brigade that is headed by Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined the BJP ahead of the crucial Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Mr Prasada, one of the signatories to the letter written by the "G-23" to the Congress’ interim president Sonia Gandhi, demanding major course correction within the organisation, is considered an important Brahmin face, though not a pan-UP Brahmin leader, in Uttar Pradesh where the Brahmin vote-bank is crucial for the BJP that keeps trying to create a balance while wooing the Brahmin and Thakur votebank. Mr Prasada is the son of late Congress leader Jitendra Prasada who was considered close to late Rajiv Gandhi and had unsuccessfully contested against Mrs Gandhi for the party president’s post. “If there is any political party that works in an institutional way… if there is truly any national party, it is the BJP… PM Narendra Modi is leading the country strongly and is the most capable person to confront the challenges facing the nation… I want to do my bit for Sabka Saath Sabka Vishwas and Ek Bharat Sreshtha Bharat,” said Mr Prasada after joining the BJP in the presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal and BJP media incharge Anil Baluni. He lost last two Lok Sabha polls – 2014 and 2019 – from Dhaurahra Lok Sabha seat in Lakhimpur Kheri and the 2017 Assembly polls and was said to be miffed after the Congress leadership decided to appoint Ajay Kumar Lallu as the UPCC chief, a post Mr Prasada was said to be eyeing.

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Jitin Prasada resigns from Yogi Cabinet, takes charge as MoS in Modi Govt 3.0
6 months, 1 week ago

Jitin Prasada resigns from Yogi Cabinet, takes charge as MoS in Modi Govt 3.0

India TV News  

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Live Mint  

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Rajnath takes a dig at Rahul over seat shift

Hindustan Times  

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Rahul Gandhi worrying about retaining MP accommodation after June 4: BJP

Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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India TV News  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Hindustan Times  

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Rahul Gandhi files nomination for India election from Kerala seat

Al Jazeera  

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Hindustan Times  

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After being named Hisar LS candidate, Haryana minister Ranjit Chautala resigns as MLA

Deccan Chronicle  

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10 months ago

Swami Prasad Maurya resigns from Samajwadi Party, UP legislative council

Hindustan Times  

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10 months ago

Swami Prasad Maurya resigns from Samajwadi Party, likely to form his own outfit

India TV News  

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1 year, 3 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Maharashtra politics: 17 Congress MLAs may quit party, says Eknath-led Shiv Sena leader Gulab Raghunath Patil

India TV News  

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Karnataka Elections: Denied Ticket by BJP, Former Deputy CM Savadi Joins Congress

News 18  

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2 years ago

After Rahul's near absence from Gujarat polls, Congress hits rock bottom

Hindustan Times  

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2 years, 3 months ago

Exits of Congress veterans Azad, Kapil Sibal leave G-23 in disarray

Firstpost  

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2 years, 5 months ago

BJP had no time for disgruntled UP minister Jitin Prasada

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh minister Jitin Prasada, who was in Delhi to meet the BJP high command, was forced to return to Lucknow without meeting party leadership on Wednesday. Earlier this month, the Yogi Adityanath government cracked down on the Public Works Department, after a three-member inquiry committee, comprising chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra, additional chief secretary home Awanish Awasthi and additional …

can the congress pose a serious challenge to the bjp in 2024
2 years, 5 months ago

can the congress pose a serious challenge to the bjp in 2024

The Hindu  

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Congress loyalist RPN Singh joins BJP ahead of UP elections, may contest against Swami Prasad Maurya
2 years, 10 months ago

Congress loyalist RPN Singh joins BJP ahead of UP elections, may contest against Swami Prasad Maurya

Op India  

On Tuesday, January 25, Congress heavyweight and former minister RPN Singh took to Twitter to announce that he has quit the Congress and joined the BJP. Soon after sharing his resignation letter, RPN Singh Tweeted to announce his next move: “This is a new beginning for me and I look forward to my contribution to nation building under the visionary …

'Heavyweight or deadweight': TMC MP Mahua Moitra's jibe after RPN Singh resigns from Cong
2 years, 10 months ago

'Heavyweight or deadweight': TMC MP Mahua Moitra's jibe after RPN Singh resigns from Cong

India Today  

Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra took a dig at the BJP after Congress's star campaigner from Uttar Pradesh, RPN Singh, resigned from the party on Tuesday, January 25, amid speculation that he would join the BJP later in the day. — Mahua Moitra January 25, 2022 Taking to Twitter, RPN Singh shared his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. …

'New Chapter in Political Journey': Congress Heavyweight RPN Singh Quits Party, Joins BJP
2 years, 10 months ago

'New Chapter in Political Journey': Congress Heavyweight RPN Singh Quits Party, Joins BJP

News 18  

In yet another blow for the Congress, which is struggling to keep its house in order ahead of assembly elections, Congress heavyweight and former minister RPN Singh quit the party and joined the BJP ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. Announcing the decision on Twitter, Singh shared his resignation letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and said he was …

Flanked by BJP bigwigs, senior Congress leader RPN Singh joins party ahead of Uttar Pradesh polls
2 years, 10 months ago

Flanked by BJP bigwigs, senior Congress leader RPN Singh joins party ahead of Uttar Pradesh polls

India TV News  

Highlights RPN Singh is the second big exit from the Congress in UP after Jitin Prasada quit it last year RPN Singh was upset with Congress leadership over his close associates being denied tickets For BJP, Singh's entry ahead of polls is seen as a big acquisition that will bolster its prospects In a setback to the Congress, senior party …

UP assembly polls: Ex-Minister Swami Prasad Maurya says no intention to go back to BJP
2 years, 11 months ago

UP assembly polls: Ex-Minister Swami Prasad Maurya says no intention to go back to BJP

India Today  

Ex-BJP leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Wednesday said he was not going back to the saffron camp and indicated joining the Samajwadi Party on Friday. Asked if Sanghmitra Maurya, his daughter and a BJP MP from Badaun, will follow the suit, he said she would take a call on her own. Maurya -- who belongs to an OBC caste known …

UP Assembly poll: BJP loses six leaders in 48 hours, gains two MLAs | Top points
2 years, 11 months ago

UP Assembly poll: BJP loses six leaders in 48 hours, gains two MLAs | Top points

India Today  

In another jolt to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, OBC leader Dara Singh Chauhan resigned on Wednesday from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet. A day earlier, as BJP leaders brainstormed in Delhi on the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Swami Prasad Maurya, also a prominent Other Backward Class leader, had quit the state cabinet. On Tuesday, BJP MLAs …

UP Politics Set for Change: Sanjay Raut on Upcoming Assembly Polls
2 years, 11 months ago

UP Politics Set for Change: Sanjay Raut on Upcoming Assembly Polls

News 18  

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed a political change was imminent in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and the recent move by a state minister and some other BJP MLAs to leave the saffron party was just the beginning. Talking to reporters here, Raut also said he wants to tell the people of Goa, where polls to the 40-member Assembly …

UP Assembly elections: BJP minister and 4 MLAs’ exit from party puts spotlight on caste equations in the state
2 years, 11 months ago

UP Assembly elections: BJP minister and 4 MLAs’ exit from party puts spotlight on caste equations in the state

Firstpost  

OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya, along with MLAs Brijesh Prajapati, Roshan Lal Varma, Vinay Shakya and Bhagwati Sagar, delivered a jolt to the BJP when they announced they were quitting the saffron party ahead of the upcoming elections The Bharatiya Janata Party was on the backfoot on Tuesday when OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the state cabinet while …

Jitin Prasada, UP Brahmin & Ex-Congressman, Now a Cabinet Minister in Yogi Govt: All You Need to Know
3 years, 2 months ago

Jitin Prasada, UP Brahmin & Ex-Congressman, Now a Cabinet Minister in Yogi Govt: All You Need to Know

News 18  

Ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was expanded on Sunday evening. A popular Brahmin face Jitin Prasada, who switched over to the BJP from the Congress, was also sworn in as a minister in the UP government. Prasada was also in the news during the 2019 Lok Sabha …

Ahead of UP poll, Congress leader Lalitesh Tripathi resigns from party, may join SP: Sources
3 years, 3 months ago

Ahead of UP poll, Congress leader Lalitesh Tripathi resigns from party, may join SP: Sources

India Today  

Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to be held early next year, rumour has it that Congress leader Lalitesh Pati Tripathi has quit the party and may join the Samajwadi Party. A fourth-generation Congressman, he is the great-grandson of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kamlapati Tripathi. He had been anointed vice-president of Uttar Pradesh Congress and made in charge …

Jitin Prasada interview | ‘BJP stands for India First’
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada interview | ‘BJP stands for India First’

The Hindu  

After switching from the Congress to the BJP, Jitin Prasada speaks to The Hindu about the 180 degree change in his ideology, Brahmin politics and the internal dissensions in Congress. And on the other hand, I see, the BJP, which is a national party, not only its organisational setup, the way of its functioning, the institutionalised culture and process, it …

'Over my dead body': Kapil Sibal slams Jitin Prasada, says he can never think of joining BJP
3 years, 6 months ago

'Over my dead body': Kapil Sibal slams Jitin Prasada, says he can never think of joining BJP

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday said Jitin Prasada’s crossing over to the BJP represented politics of “prasada” or personal gains and asserted that for him a switch to the saffron party could only happen over his dead body. Sibal, along with Jitin Prasada, was among the Congress’ group of 23 leaders who wrote to party chief …

Ex-Congress MP Jitin Prasada is marginal player, but his switch to BJP raises questions for both parties
3 years, 6 months ago

Ex-Congress MP Jitin Prasada is marginal player, but his switch to BJP raises questions for both parties

Firstpost  

The BJP has always made a big production of its shtick about the Congress’ dynastic politics, but now it is welcoming a motley crew of dynasts into its ranks with no apparent sense of irony There’s been yet another ‘defection’ from the Indian National Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party. On 9 June, Jitin Prasada, a one-time member of Rahul …

With Jitin Prasada Joining BJP & Rakesh Tikait Meeting Mamata, A Big Picture View is Emerging in UP
3 years, 6 months ago

With Jitin Prasada Joining BJP & Rakesh Tikait Meeting Mamata, A Big Picture View is Emerging in UP

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh is in a political churn. The Congress’s depletion was evident in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, when Rahul Gandhi, the putative president, lost Amethi, the Gandhis’ pocket borough, to the BJP and migrated southward to Kerala. In the 2017 Assembly elections, the Congress tied up with the SP in the belief that the projection of two “youths”—Akhilesh Yadav …

Prasada joining BJP may settle question of Brahmin face; Congress can ignore Tikait's Mamata visit at its own peril
3 years, 6 months ago

Prasada joining BJP may settle question of Brahmin face; Congress can ignore Tikait's Mamata visit at its own peril

Firstpost  

Prasada’s induction will further wear away whatever’s left of the Congress and the Gandhis in Uttar Pradesh, even if it does not yield dividends for the BJP Uttar Pradesh is in a political churn. The Congress’ depletion was evident in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, when Rahul Gandhi, the putative president, lost Amethi, the Gandhis’ pocket borough, to the BJP …

Will Jitin get 'prasada' from BJP? Kapil Sibal questions Congress leader's switch
3 years, 6 months ago

Will Jitin get 'prasada' from BJP? Kapil Sibal questions Congress leader's switch

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has said that there must be some reason behind Jitin Prasada's decision to quit the party and join the ranks with the Bharatiya Janata Party. "I am not against what Jitin Prasada did as there must be some reason which hasn't been disclosed, but joining BJP is something I cannot understand," Sibal, one of the …

Jitin Prasada is Casteist, Should’ve Been Sacked After He Ran Away from Bengal Polls Responsibility: Veerappa Moily
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada is Casteist, Should’ve Been Sacked After He Ran Away from Bengal Polls Responsibility: Veerappa Moily

News 18  

Bengaluru: Jitin Prasada’s exit from the Congress has raised questions yet again on the party’s power to retain young leaders. While calling for a ‘major surgery’ in the party under Sonia Gandhi’s leadership, Moily tells CNN-News18 that “casteist” leaders like Jitin should have been sacked long ago. Party has been strengthened by the family of Nehru but, at same time, …

'Those who have small mindset': Jitin Prasada on MP Congress' garbage remark
3 years, 6 months ago

'Those who have small mindset': Jitin Prasada on MP Congress' garbage remark

India TV News  

Newly inducted BJP leader Jitin Prasada on Thursday said that his decision to switch sides was well-thought as he was aware of the situation of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. Prasada's reply came following Mallikarjun Kharge's statement that he was never ignored in the party. When asked about Madhya Pradesh Congress' now-deleted tweet calling him garbage, Prasada said, "I won't …

How Jitin Prasada may help BJP in 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls and gain in return
3 years, 6 months ago

How Jitin Prasada may help BJP in 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls and gain in return

India Today  

For three generations, Prasadas were Congressmen. Now, Jitin Prasada has quit the party to join the BJP about eight months from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Jitin Prasada lost two Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019, failed to make a mark in Uttar Pradesh Assembly election in 2017 and achieved nothing in West Bengal Assembly election 2021 as Congress …

After Jitin Prasada's exit, can Congress rein in next round of defections?
3 years, 6 months ago

After Jitin Prasada's exit, can Congress rein in next round of defections?

India Today  

The buzz in the Congress, social media, mainstream media and in the political circles over the next round of defection/identity of defectors has a simple answer. The usual suspect list of Sachin Pilot, Navjyot Singh Sidhu, RPN Singh and many more from G-23 — the Congress leaders who demanded organisational changes in the party — is misleading. There has been …

‘Everyone Leaving One by One’: As Jitin Prasada Joins BJP, Congress Leaders Call for Introspection
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Everyone Leaving One by One’: As Jitin Prasada Joins BJP, Congress Leaders Call for Introspection

News 18  

Lucknow: Reacting to former Union minister and party leader Jitin Prasada’s move of switching over to the BJP, Aditi Singh, Congress MLA from Raebareli, on Wednesday traded guns at the party leadership and said that it’s about time the party did some introspection. Prasada, who was also part of the G-23 group in Congress that had written a letter registering …

Jitin Prasada May Have Quit Congress Now, But His Trust Deficit With the Gandhis Existed Since 2019
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada May Have Quit Congress Now, But His Trust Deficit With the Gandhis Existed Since 2019

News 18  

In March 2019, a month before the Lok Sabha polls, Congress General Secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi had come up with an ambitious idea of bringing in a popular Brahmin face as a party candidate, against BJP stalwart Rajnath Singh in Lucknow. A man of sophistication, urban charm, a popular Brahmin face and two-term Union Minister, Jitin’s candidature …

'Jaane wale jaate rehte hain...': Mallikarjun Kharge on Congress leader Jitin Prasada joining BJP
3 years, 6 months ago

'Jaane wale jaate rehte hain...': Mallikarjun Kharge on Congress leader Jitin Prasada joining BJP

India TV News  

Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday expressed his displeasure over Jitin Prasada joining the BJP. Congress leader Jitin Prasada joined the BJP on Wednesday, in a shot in the arm for the saffron party as it prepares for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled for early next year. “Jitin Prasada joining BJP is like a big slap on our face. …

Jitin Prasada joins BJP: Unlike his father Jitendra, will he able to make Congress rue his absence?
3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada joins BJP: Unlike his father Jitendra, will he able to make Congress rue his absence?

Firstpost  

Before his death, Prasada Sr who had contested and lost against Sonia Gandhi for the leadership of Congress was totally disillusioned with the Congress and Gandhis, in particular On 23 March, 2019, Congress had survived a scare of losing Jitin Prasada to the BJP. Even as Jitin Prasada suffered another humiliating defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, forfeiting deposit …

Who is Jitin Prasada?
3 years, 6 months ago

Who is Jitin Prasada?

India TV News  

In a major setback for the Congress party months ahead of Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, senior party leader Jitin Prasada on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prasada also served as a minister in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as MoS for Steel. He was also among the 23 Congress leaders who called for an organisational …

Palace Intrigue Victims? Before Jitin Prasada, His Father Too Was Disillusioned with Cong & Gandhis
3 years, 6 months ago

Palace Intrigue Victims? Before Jitin Prasada, His Father Too Was Disillusioned with Cong & Gandhis

News 18  

On March 23, 2019, the Congress had survived a scare of losing Jitin Prasada to the BJP. Even as Jitin Prasada suffered another humiliating defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, forfeiting deposit from Dhaurahra parliamentary seat, Prasada, a second-generation dynast, remained disillusioned, edgy and rebellious within the Congress till Wednesday afternoon. Jitendra Prasada had contested against Sonia Gandhi for …

Congress leader Jitin Prasada calls it quits, joins BJP ahead of UP polls
3 years, 6 months ago

Congress leader Jitin Prasada calls it quits, joins BJP ahead of UP polls

Op India  

On Wednesday, former union minister and Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh, Jitin Prasada called it quits and joined BJP at the party headquarters in New Delhi. #LIVE – Huge Setback for Congress, Jitin Prasada Joins BJP https://t.co/70PIjeGixp — News18 June 9, 2021 Earlier in the day, BJP MP and National spokesperson Anil Baluni had informed, “An Eminent personality will join …

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