Congress MLA Chintamani Maharaj joined BJP in the presence of BJP Chhattisgarh State Organisation In-charge Om Mathur and State Organisation General Secretary Pawan Sai on Tuesday. In the programme of BJP’s Parivartan Maha Sankalp rally organised at Mata Raj Mohini Bhawan, Ambikapur, Om Mathur welcomed Congress MLA Chintamani Maharaj with a BJP’s scarf. On this occasion, expressing happiness over Maharaj’s joining BJP, State In-charge Om Mathur said there will be no dearth of respect for him in the party. The political equations have changed with his arrival. He had promised Maharaj that from he would personally come from Delhi to Surguja to greet him in BJP.