NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and two-time Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh Jitin Prasada on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of social gathering president JP Nadda at its headquarters.
Jitin’s becoming a member of is seen as a significant jolt to Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi as Jitin was thought of to be one of their core staff members. This could possibly be a significant acquire for the BJP as Prasada is a identified Brahmin face in Central UP.
His becoming a member of could possibly be a major acquire for the BJP as Jiten Prasada is taken into account to wield sturdy clout among the many Brahmin neighborhood primarily in Central UP. Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh can be due in February subsequent 12 months.
Prasada had shaped Brahmin Chetna Parishad and had been constantly taking about points associated to the neighborhood. Even throughout 2019 Lok Sabha polls, there was a buzz about him becoming a member of the BJP.
Jitin Prasada had gained from Shahjahanpur and Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituencies within the 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Prasada is the son of Congress veteran Jitendra Prasada who had served as the political advisor to former prime ministers Rajiv Gandhi and PV Narasimha Rao.
He had served as the MoS kind Steel from April 2008 to May 2009 in UPA-I authorities. He additionally held the portfolios of Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Road Transport and Highways, and Human Resource Development in UPA-II.
Jitin’s becoming a member of is seen as a significant jolt to Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi as Jitin was thought of to be one of their core staff members. This could possibly be a significant acquire for the BJP as Prasada is a identified Brahmin face in Central UP.
His becoming a member of could possibly be a major acquire for the BJP as Jiten Prasada is taken into account to wield sturdy clout among the many Brahmin neighborhood primarily in Central UP. Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh can be due in February subsequent 12 months.
Prasada had shaped Brahmin Chetna Parishad and had been constantly taking about points associated to the neighborhood. Even throughout 2019 Lok Sabha polls, there was a buzz about him becoming a member of the BJP.
Jitin Prasada had gained from Shahjahanpur and Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituencies within the 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Prasada is the son of Congress veteran Jitendra Prasada who had served as the political advisor to former prime ministers Rajiv Gandhi and PV Narasimha Rao.
He had served as the MoS kind Steel from April 2008 to May 2009 in UPA-I authorities. He additionally held the portfolios of Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Road Transport and Highways, and Human Resource Development in UPA-II.
