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2 years, 5 months ago

BJP had no time for disgruntled UP minister Jitin Prasada

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, 5 months ago

UP government will take concrete steps: Jitin Prasada on irregularities in transfers

Firstpost

Prasada on Wednesday said that an investigation will be launched into transfer controversy in the PWD department and the government will take concrete steps. New Delhi: Reacting for the first time to the transfer controversy in his PWD department, UP Minister Jitin Prasada on Wednesday said that an investigation will be initiated into the matter and the government will take …

Policy Transfer Pwd Department Minister Meet Kumar

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

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, 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 …

Uttar Pradesh Congress Gandhi Lok Sabha Bjp Minister Prasada

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

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

‘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 …

Congress Party Leaders Bjp Singh Leader Raebareli

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 …

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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

Ahead of UP Polls, Rahul Gandhi’s Ex-Aide Jitin Prasada Joins BJP

The Quint

He was one of the 23 senior Congress leaders who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi in 2020, calling for sweeping reforms, collective decision-making, and "full-time, visible leadership". He was tasked with Bengal’s election campaign but that didn’t go down well with the Congress after Prasada publicly criticised the party’s decision to ally with the Indian Secular Front, led …

Congress Party Gandhi 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 …

Congress Party Bjp Leader Prasada Jitin Prasada

3 years, 6 months ago

Jitin Prasada joins BJP after meeting Amit Shah amid rift with Congress leadership

India Today

Congress leader and former Union minister Jitin Prasada has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Jitin Prasada met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence on Wednesday morning before joining the BJP. Earlier, BJP MP Anil Baluni had tweeted that an eminent personality will join the party on Wednesday at the party headquarters in Delhi and sparked speculation around Jitin …

Congress Party Union Bjp Prasada Jitin Prasada Jitin Prasad

3 years, 6 months ago

No point being in a party if you can't help people: Jitin Prasada on leaving Congress

India Today

Congress leader and former Union minister Jitin Prasada, who joined the BJP on Wednesday, has said there was no point being in a party "if you cannot help the people". Jitin Prasada joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal at the party headquarters in New Delhi. BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who left the Congress last year …

Congress Party Bjp Pm Modi Prasada Jitin Prasada Jitin

3 years, 6 months ago

Why Jitin Prasada switched from Congress to BJP

India Today

Jitin Prasada has made a switch anticipated for quite some time. Long considered as one of the closest aides of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Jitin Prasada had been sulking within the party for being “ignored”. Jitin Prasada is said to have developed differences with the Gandhis around the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election when Rahul Gandhi joined hands with Samajwadi …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Team Priyanka's Stamp, Father's History & Internal Rebellion: No Smooth Sailing for Jitin Prasada

News 18

In March 2019, a month before the Lok Sabha polls, Congress general secretary in charge for Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi, discussed the possibility of fielding a popular Brahmin face as a party candidate against BJP stalwart Rajnath Singh in Lucknow. While the leadership changes in the UP Congress, under new president Ajay Kumar Lallu, and strong intervention at the strategy …

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BJP had no time for disgruntled UP minister Jitin Prasada

UP government will take concrete steps: Jitin Prasada on irregularities in transfers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ahead of UP Polls, Rahul Gandhi’s Ex-Aide Jitin Prasada Joins BJP

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

Jitin Prasada joins BJP after meeting Amit Shah amid rift with Congress leadership

No point being in a party if you can't help people: Jitin Prasada on leaving Congress

Why Jitin Prasada switched from Congress to BJP

Team Priyanka's Stamp, Father's History & Internal Rebellion: No Smooth Sailing for Jitin Prasada