Amid tensions in MP BJP, Scindia loyalist returns to Congress in a 700-car convoy to ‘send a message’

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Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindias loyalist and veteran Shivpuri leader, Baijnath Singh, had followed Scindia when he raised a banner of revolt against the Congress and switched to the BJP in March 2020, which toppled the then Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh...

More than two years later, Baijnath has now resigned from the BJP, cut his ties with Scindia and returned to the Congress..

Displaying a grand spectacle, he took out a 700-car rally to traverse a distance of over 300 kms from Shivpuri to Bhopal to mark his return to the Congress at an event Wednesday...

From Priyanka Gandhis speech in Jabalpur which kicked off the Congress campaign, to daily speeches by Kamal Nath, there is always a mention of regret of people leaving the party for power and a resolve to not give into deals with the BJP...

The Congress had in May latched on to a video in which BJP MP from Guna, K P Yadav, who had turned out to be a giant killer by defeating Scindia (then Congress candidate) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by 1,25,549 votes, was seen criticising some leaders from his own party for seeking apology from people..

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