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6 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Jitin Prasada on Tuesday resigned as Public Works Department Minister in the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government after assuming charge as Minister of State for Information and Technology in Modi 3.0 government. Prasada was once considered as among Rahul Gandhi's 'young Turks' and was a minister in successive Manmohan Singh governments but defected from the Congress to the …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Lok Sabha Bjp Minister Modi Manmohan Singh

11 months, 1 week ago

Resignations of the ’powerless’ and a Congress that keeps disappointing

Live Mint

A few months before the countdown begins for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and Milind Deora's exit has reignited past grievances, underlining how the Congress keeps disappointing its young leaders. MILIND DEORA Milind Deora left the Congress on January 14 and joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena for "development". JITIN PRASADA Jitin Prasada, ex-UPA minister and Congress' prominent …

Mumbai Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Shiv Sena Lok Sabha Bjp

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 …

Delhi Bjp Minister Meet Yogi Adityanath Prasada Jitin Prasada

2 years, 7 months ago

Sunil Jakhar Latest to Abandon Sinking Cong Ship. From Jitin Prasada to RPN Singh, A Look at Recent Exits

News 18

After months of speculation, which involved a blow hot, blow cold relationship, veteran Congress leader Sunil Jakhar quit the party on Saturday, even as the Grand Old Party has gone into a huddle in Udaipur for a ‘Chintan ‘ Shivir’ to chalk out a roadmap for its rejuvenation. News18 takes a look at the recent Congress exits: Ripun Bora: Former …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Union Bjp Minister Punjab

2 years, 10 months ago

UP Elections: A peek into why next-gen leaders are leaving Congress ahead of crucial polls

India TV News

Highlights Next-gen leaders are leaving Congress Party struggles to regain lost ground Out of 166 candidates declared so far by the Cong in UP, 119 are making their electoral debut Synonymous with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh for decades, several families are now losing their new generation to rival organisations, making it even more difficult for the party to regain …

Party Leaders Bjp Singh Tripathi Punia Rampur

2 years, 10 months ago

All 4 Legs of Cot Gone: Why RPN Singh's Exit May Give Congress in UP Sleepless Nights

News 18

In 2016, when Rahul Gandhi started his Khat Yatra from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh, it was RPN Singh who was at the forefront of it, being the biggest leader Congress had from Kushinagar region in eastern UP. It is apparent that all the four leaders in question, RPN Singh, Jitin Prasada, Lalitesh Tripathi and Imran Masood felt they simply cannot …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Singh Kushinagar Imran Masood Jitin Prasada

3 years, 5 months ago

UP Cabinet expansion: BJP looks to fix caste equations ahead of polls, Jitin Prasada may get a berth

India TV News

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath could soon undertake an exercise to expand his Cabinet. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to focus on caste equations in the upcoming expansion ahead of 2022 assembly polls. Jitin, a prominent Brahmin face from western UP, had who quit the Congress recently to join the and the BJP There have been talks …

Uttar Pradesh Bjp Cabinet Minister Yogi Jitin Prasada Caste Equations Polls Jitin

3 years, 6 months ago

Regional Parties Can't Do Any Good to the Country, Says BJP Leader Jitin Prasada

News 18

The country does not happen to be of any priority for regional parties and they cannot do any good to it, former Union Minister Jitin Prasada said here on Saturday. Without taking any name, Prasada hit out at the regional parties in the wake of Akhilesh Yadav, the chief of Uttar Pradesh’s main regional party, of late making consistent attacks …

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3 years, 6 months ago

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

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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 …

Politics Congress Leaders Ideology Bjp Think Personal Gain

3 years, 6 months ago

Congress needs to undergo 'major surgery': M Veerappa Moily on Jitin Prasada's exit from party

Firstpost

The Congress veteran said the top leadership should make a proper assessment of leaders in the party, asserting that ‘one cannot make people leaders when they do not deserve it’ New Delhi: A day after Jitin Prasada switched to the BJP, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Thursday said the Congress needs to undergo a ‘major surgery’ and not …

Leadership Surgery Congress West Bengal Party Leaders Bjp

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 …

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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, …

Congress Party Leaders Bjp President Think Bengal

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 …

Bjp Pradesh Congress Prasada Jitin Prasada Jitin

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 …

Uttar Pradesh Election Samajwadi Party Party Lok Sabha Bjp Mayawati

3 years, 6 months ago

Pilot trouble for Congress in Rajasthan, party gets no time to heal after Jitin Prasada wound

India Today

With Jitin Prasada, once considered close to Rahul Gandhi and a bright future prospect, joining BJP, the Congress party's bad political days in office seem to be far from over. In Rajasthan, the agreement mediated by Congress top leaders between two factions led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot has not been rolled out even after 10 months. …

Rajasthan Party Gandhi Rahul Bjp Minister Chief

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 …

Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Congress Party Jharkhand Gandhi Bjp

3 years, 6 months ago

'...like garbage dumped in dustbin': Madhya Pradesh Congress on Jitin Prasada joining BJP

India TV News

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee lashed out at two time Lok Sabha MP and former party leader Jitin Prasada for joining BJP and said it was like dumping garbage in a dustbin. Him joining the BJP will boost the saffron party as it works to strengthen its social coalition ahead of assembly elections in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh …

Congress Party Bjp Leader Joining Prasada Jitin Prasada

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 …

Leadership Congress Party Uttar Pradesh Bjp Pradesh Uttar Brahmin

3 years, 6 months ago

'Team Rahul' disintegrates; after Scindia, Prasada will Sachin Pilot be the next?

India TV News

"No point being in a party if you cannot help the people," Jitin Prasada said after he switched sides from the Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prasada's crisp statement made it amply clear what all was wrong with the Congress, an issue which was highlighted by 'G23' in the letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi last year. Jitin …

Congress Party Bjp Leader Pilot Scindia Jitin Prasada

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. …

Congress Party Bjp Leader Mallikarjun Kharge Jitin Prasada Prasada Joining

3 years, 6 months ago

Who is Jitin Prasada?

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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 …

Congress Party Bjp Prasada Jitin Prasada

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 …

Congress Party New Delhi Bjp Congress Leader Join Prasada

3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada Joins BJP Ahead of UP Polls, Calls it New Chapter of Political Career

News 18

In a setback for the Congress ahead of the 2022 state assembly polls, former Union minister and party leader Jitin Prasada, who had been disillusioned with the grand old party, switched over to the BJP on Wednesday. Prasada, who was also part of the G-23 group in Congress that had written a letter registering its dissent with the party leadership, …

Congress Party Union Lok Sabha Bjp Minister Sabha Elections

3 years, 6 months ago

'PM Modi standing for interests of nation': Senior Congress leader Jitin Prasada joins BJP ahead of UP polls

India TV News

Senior Congress leader Jitin Prasada on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi. Prasada's induction into the BJP is seen as a massive gain for the party ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. "If there is any political party or a leader standing for the interests of the nation today, given the situation that our country …

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

Resignations of the ’powerless’ and a Congress that keeps disappointing

BJP had no time for disgruntled UP minister Jitin Prasada

Sunil Jakhar Latest to Abandon Sinking Cong Ship. From Jitin Prasada to RPN Singh, A Look at Recent Exits

UP Elections: A peek into why next-gen leaders are leaving Congress ahead of crucial polls

All 4 Legs of Cot Gone: Why RPN Singh's Exit May Give Congress in UP Sleepless Nights

UP Cabinet expansion: BJP looks to fix caste equations ahead of polls, Jitin Prasada may get a berth

Regional Parties Can't Do Any Good to the Country, Says BJP Leader Jitin Prasada

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

Congress needs to undergo 'major surgery': M Veerappa Moily on Jitin Prasada's exit from party

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

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

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

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

Pilot trouble for Congress in Rajasthan, party gets no time to heal after Jitin Prasada wound

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

'...like garbage dumped in dustbin': Madhya Pradesh Congress on Jitin Prasada joining BJP

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

'Team Rahul' disintegrates; after Scindia, Prasada will Sachin Pilot be the next?

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

Who is Jitin Prasada?

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

Jitin Prasada Joins BJP Ahead of UP Polls, Calls it New Chapter of Political Career

'PM Modi standing for interests of nation': Senior Congress leader Jitin Prasada joins BJP ahead of UP polls