Ex-BJP MLA Parul Sahu Joins Congress Ahead Of MP ByPolls

  • Ex-BJP MLA from Sagar in Madhya Pradesh’s Bundelkhand region, Parul Sahu (39), joined the Congress on Friday.
  • This came ahead of by-polls to 28 assembly seats slated to be held with Bihar state assembly polls by November end.
  • Sahu announced joining the Congress in presence of state Congress president Kamal Nath and a horde of other party leaders.
  • She said, “People of Surkhi assembly constituency (in Sagar district) want me to become their voice and fight against (an atmosphere of) arrogance and fear in the constituency.”
  • While state Congress president Kamal Nath said, “The by-polls are not meant for only certain assembly constituencies but the entire state is looking at these bypolls as it will show how people give a befitting reply to the politics of manipulation as practiced by the BJP.”