Former Pune Congress district president and former MLA from Purandar Sanjay Jagtap joined the BJP along with his supporters. Congress reacted sharply to this move and accused the BJP of stealing leaders. Seeing the proximity of the elections, it is believed that Jagtap’s departure may affect the electoral equations,
There is a stir in Maharashtra politics once again. Former Congress district president of Pune district and former MLA of Purandar, Sanjay Jagtap joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday. This move has come at a time when preparations for the upcoming assembly elections in the state are gaining momentum.
Sanjay Jagtap joined the party in the presence of Maharashtra BJP president Ravindra Chavan in Saswad of Pune district. A large number of supporters also joined the BJP with him. Jagtap said that he took this decision with the consent of his supporters so that he can solve the problems of his constituency in a better way.
Political allegations and counter-allegations started as soon as Jagtap left Congress
Congress reacted sharply as soon as Jagtap joined BJP. Maharashtra Congress President Harshvardhan Sapkal said that BJP has become a ‘witch’ who steals leaders from Congress and gives them tickets and posts. He also alleged that instead of making its own leaders big, BJP is taking political advantage by breaking Congress leaders.
Efforts to woo strong faces of the opposition
Many Congress and NCP leaders have already joined BJP in the state. Experts believe that this is a well-planned strategy of BJP that it is strengthening its electoral strength by bringing influential leaders of the opposition to its side. Sanjay Jagtap’s joining BJP is being considered a part of this strategy.
Congress claims- The party runs on ideology
Harshvardhan Sapkal further said that Congress is a party run on ideology and its strength will not decrease due to the departure of leaders. He said that BJP claims to have charismatic leadership in the center and state, but in reality it is promoting Congress leaders only.
How effective is Jagtap’s move?
If political analysts are to be believed, Sanjay Jagtap’s joining BJP can change the equation in Purandar assembly constituency. Now it remains to be seen what kind of responsibility BJP gives him and how Congress compensates for this loss. The coming weeks will make this political development more clear.