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Political leaders in Rajasthan jump ship: CM aide Rameshwar Dadhich and Congress Zila Pramukh Vinod Sharma join BJP ahead of State Assembly Election
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Days before the Rajasthan state assembly elections, the former Jodhpur mayor, Rameshwar Dadhich, a close aide of Chief Minister Gehlot withdrew his nomination as an independent candidate and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday. “I have joined the BJP due to the decision-making capacity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I have been impressed with his work for long,” said Dadhich joining the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, MP Rajendra Gehlot, and former RS MP Narayan Pancharia.
An important member of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s Cabinet for over 4 decades, Dadhich stated that it was PM Modi’s resolve to uplift the poor and marginalized of the society that made him gravitate towards the saffron party. “The issue of Ram temple was hanging for so long, but Modi took a decision and made it happen. If Modi was not the Prime Minister, the Ram Mandir would not have happened.” said the former Jodhpur mayor, lauding the Prime Minister’s ability to make ‘strong decisions.’
Following close on the heels of Rameshwar Dadhich, the former Congress Zila Pramukh of Dausa, Vinod Sharma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. “I have been influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ideology. Congress talks of the OBC community but has not done any work to empower them,” said Sharma. Moreover, the former Congress leader also said that PM Modi thinks of an all-round development.
“Looking at the anarchy in the state and the failures of the Congress government, one can say time is over for the Congress government. Those who have joined the BJP today are disillusioned with the Congress. The new entrants will help the BJP’s electoral prospects.” said Gajendra Singh Sekhawat, welcoming the new entrants to the saffron party at the party headquarters in Rajasthan.
Elections for the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly are scheduled for November 25, with the vote counting set to occur on December 3.
