GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 18th Feb. Manish Tewari’s office said on Sunday that rumors about him joining the BJP are untrue and unfounded. The clarification came after sources said that the Congress MP was in touch with the BJP and planned to run for the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat in Punjab.
The idea that he might join the BJP is not true. Manish Tewari is working on development in his district. Last night, he stayed at a Congress worker’s home.
Earlier, sources said that Tewari was talking to the BJP. They said that the Congress politician wanted to run for the Lok Sabha election in Ludhiana using the BJP’s symbol.
The news comes as many people think that Kamal Nath, his son Nakul, and other lawmakers might join the BJP for the Lok Sabha elections this year. Jitu Patwari, the leader of the Madhya Pradesh Congress, said the rumors were not true. He couldn’t imagine Kamal Nath joining the BJP even in his dreams.
Earlier, according to the sources, Kamal Nath was upset because he couldn’t get a seat in the Rajya Sabha. Kamal Nath is likely to join the BJP and the Congress leadership hasn’t tried to talk to him. Kamal Nath is actively lobbying for a Rajya Sabha ticket, sources said.
Kamal Nath and his son Nakul Nath are talking to the top officials in the BJP about changing jobs. According to the sources, they have been talking a lot since Kamal Nath arrived in Delhi on Saturday. The veteran politician said that if there were any such things, he would tell the media first.
When he was asked if he was not denying a switch, Kamal Nath said, “It’s not about denying. You’re saying this. You people are getting excited.” I would tell you first if there would be anything like that.
Kamal Nath was recently ousted as the head. Patwari took over as the leader of the Congress’s Madhya Pradesh unit after the party’s poor performance in the state assembly polls last year. The BJP won 163 out of 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh’s assembly. The Congress won only 66 seats, down from 114 in 2018.
