Another Congress leader from Malwa region, Manoj Chawla, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Ratlam, on Saturday, hours after resigning from primary membership of his parent party for ‘personal reasons’. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav is touring Ratlam, Jhabua, and Alirajpur districts as part of BJP’s preparations for the Lok Sabha elections beginning April 19. One more senior Congress leader, Pramod Gugalia, also joined the BJP on the occasion.

 

Chawla, who had represented Alot Assembly constituency in 2018, was welcomed in the saffron fold by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. The BJP has fielded Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan from Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency. Alot is reserved for (SC). It falls in Ratlam district and is one of the 8 assembly segments of Ujjain(SC) Parliament Seat. Ujjain is Chief Minister Yadav’s home town.