Ex-BJP LS member joins Cong in MP

Bodh Singh Bhagat, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat seat, joined the Congress on Wednesday.

Assembly elections in BJP-governed MP are due in November.

Bhagat, who was a Member of Parliament between 2014 and 2019, and leaders from a few other outfits along with their supporters joined the Congress in the presence of the party’s state chief Kamal Nath here.