Mumbai: In a claim that could spell doom for Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra, senior BJP leader and Minister for Water Resources, Girish Mahajan, said that more than 50 MLAs from both Congress and NCP want to join the party before the assembly election scheduled to take place later in the year.
The Minister told ANI said, “Many people are excited to join BJP. There are more than 50 MLAs of Congress and Nationalist Congress Party who want to join BJP. But we also, have some limitations. We cannot admit everyone. ”
Girish Mahajan revealed this after a resignation coup swept the NCP and Congress camps. 2 MLAs belonging to NCP and one MLA from Congress handed their resignations to the Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. All the three MLAs will be joining the BJP on Wednesday.
He said that those who began their political career from Congress and NCP do not want to remain in these parties. He said that these leaders were fed up of the leadership of Congress and NCP. The NCP leaders were annoyed with family politics.
The BJP leader also claimed that Pawar’s key party leaders are ready to join the BJP in the coming days.
The Minister also denied NCP Sharad Pawar’s statement that BJP is using Enforcement Directorate to force opposition leaders to join BJP. Girish Mahajan said that they come by their choice because they want development for their constituencies.
He also said that Pawar is talking like this in a bid to hide the problems in NCP.
