Former union minister and Rahul’s close friend once, joins BJP, accusing Congress of a individual centric party without naming it

Following the footsteps of his senior leader, former union minister in Congress regime and colleague in Congress party hailing from Gwalior kingdom Jyotiraditya Scandia, another prince of Shahjahanpur Jitin Prasad who’d also been minister of petroleum n chemicals n steel in Congress governments n prince of Shahjahanpur Jitin Prasad has joined the Bhartiya Janata Party at the Rouse Avenue BJP headquarter today in the presence of union minister Piyush Goyal and party’s national media in-charge n MP RS Anil Baluni.

• 

Addressing the media after accepting the membership of BJP from union minister Piyush Goyal, Jitin Prasad while thanking him said that it is not important to know, from which party he is exiting but what is significant is which party I am joining and why ?

Emphasising that he and his family’s three generations have been closely associated with Congress party, former union minister Jitin Prasad said that he had to give a serious thought to his proposal to join BJP and he finally came to the definite conclusion of joining it formally as according to him it is the only party that is all pervasive in the country with deep roots n principles under the dashing leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi who has executed good number of pro people works like delivering gas connections, building toilets in abundance all over the country and housing for the poor etc.

• 

He is highly impressed by the pro people leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi who has been and is still doing so much for the country n countrymen round the clock.

He catagorically stated that it is only the Bhartiya Janata Party in the country which is an institutionalised organisation and rest of the political parties are either individual centric or have been confined themselves as regional parties. It’s only the BJP under the efficient n all pervasive leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi which has roots and prevalence at the national level asserted former union minister during Congress regime, Jitin Prasad. He made it absolutely clear that there is no use to remain in a party which can’t serve the masses and deliver them and that’s the reason that he had finally decided to join BJP under the dynamic and efficient leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi.

It may be recalled that former union minister Jitin Prasad is the son of a veteran Congress leader n political secretary to the then PM Rajiv Gandhi whose contribution to the Congress party was immeasurable.

• 

When Jitendra Prasad died Jitin Prasad was just 27 years old. He had been MP from Shahjahanpur parliamentary constituency twice n has a large following in Uttar Pradesh. He was minister of petroleum n steel in prime minister Manmohan Singh’s cabinet. Student of Doon school, Jitin Prasad is an MBA from abroad, having completed his graduation from Kirorimal college of Delhi University.

He was in Rahul Gandhi’s team and is the second defector from Congress to BJP after Jyotiraditya Scindia in a years’ time who were in close proximity of Rahul Gandhi while in Congress earlier.

But slowly n gradually the relations got strained between Rahul Gandhi n Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jitin Prasad with both of them joining BJP during this year.

Sachin Pilot also a young Turk of Congress is in the list of dissatisfied leaders based in Rajasthan who’d resigned from the deputy CM post after he developed strained relations with Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot close to Sonia n Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi annoying Pilot. But he is still continuing in Congress though pressing his teeth in anger n frustration say sources.

After the press conference Jitin Prasad met the BJP chief J. P. Nadda, union home minister Amit Shah, Sadananda Gowda n several central BJP leaders and was welcomed in the saffron party with open arms.

While the entire BJP is in a jubilant mode with all senior leaders including the UP CM Yogi Adityanath terming Jitin Prasad’s entry into Congress as a great achievement that will strengthen the BJP in Uttar Pradesh especially when the state elections are due for 2022, just 10 months ahead, the Congress party leader Mallikarjun Kharge has termed his defection into BJP as an unfortunate decision further adding: let those leaving the party go. How can we stop them ? It is his unilateral decision. Milind Deora, a young Congress leader from Mumbai has said that the time has arrived when we will have to strongly resurrect the party. The Chattisgarh Congress unit said thank u Jitin Prasad for leaving the party in a tweet message reacting to his departure from Congress.

On Jitin Prasad’s joining BJP, the Karnataka Congress president DK Srikumar had retorted that the Congress and Nehru family accorded him an identity, He and I should never forget this very fact tweeted DK Srikumar, Karnataka Congress president.