Senior Congress leader and former
women and child development minister in the Manmohan Singh government, Krishna
Tirath has formally joined the BJP. The senior leader met the BJP president
Amit Shah this morning and took the decision that has taken the Congress party
as a surprise.
Tirath was one of the most
distinguished faces of the Congress in Delhi.
After the conclusion of her meeting with Mr Shah, she said, "This
is about ideology. I want to serve people and I have come here with that
mindset and that ideology only."
Announcement of Tirath's
induction into the BJP came at the same time when Ajay Maken, Congress' election in charge in Delhi, was holding a press conference. Mr Maken accepted
that he had just been informed of such development. He said, "It shows the
desperation of the BJP, they have to import leaders from other parties because
they have no faith in their own leaders."
Sources say that the Congress
leaders, in order to duck the massive embarrassment, are saying that Ms Tirath
made this hasty decision in the light of the party denying her a ticket in the
coming assembly elections in the capital city.
She contested the general elections last year on a Congress ticket from
Delhi and lost to BJP's Udit Raj.
Ms Krishan Tirath, 59, is the
third prominent female leader to join the BJP bandwagon in the last few days;
two other leaders being Kiran Bedi and Shazia Ilmi.
Being a Dalit leader of repute,
her exit from Congress is considered to be a big set-back for the party as it
is trying to rebuild itself in the capital.
After ruling Delhi for 15 years,
the Congress party was almost wiped out in the last assembly elections and was
replaced Aam Admi Party as the second most powerful political organization in
the city after BJP. However, due to no
party getting a clear-cut majority, fresh elections have been announced.
Polling will be done on 7 February, and the results will come out on 10th of
the same month.
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