Habibur Rehman contested the 2008 and 2013 elections as a BJP candidate and emerged winner in consecutive elections.
JAIPUR:
In a major setback to the ruling
party in Rajasthan, Habibur Rehman, a BJP MLA from Nagaur, joined the Congress
on Wednesday.
Mr Rehman switched sides at the
Pradesh Congress Committee office in Jaipur soon after Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) MP from Dausa, Harish Chandra Meena, joined Congress in New Delhi on the
same day.
Mr Rehman joined the party in the
presence of Ajmer MP Raghu Sharma.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr
Sharma said that the BJP party workers are feeling suffocated and hence are
joining Congress to breathe easy.
With Habibur Rehman re-joinining
Congress after 10 years, he said that the party welcomes him with open heart on
his 'ghar vapasi'.
Meanwhile, Mr Rehman addressing
the media said that he has joined Congress without setting any terms and
conditions and shall work for strengthening the party.
"I have been connected with
Congress since 1959 when my father was 'sarpanch' and he won assembly elections
in 1962. I am happy to be back in my family, he added.
Mr Rehman has been a minister in
Rajasthan cabinet earlier during Congress government. However, in 2008, he was
denied ticket by the Congress and eventually joined BJP.
Thereafter, he contested the 2008
and 2013 elections as a BJP candidate and emerged winner in consecutive
elections.
However, on Sunday, when his name
did not appear in the BJP's list of candidates, he sent his resignation to
state party president Madanlal Saini.
The BJP has given his ticket to
Mohan Ram Choudhary from Nagaur.
Source:https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-loses-two-legislators-in-rajasthan-in-one-day-1947750
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