Bhopal: In a setback to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, the party's state media cell vice chairman Narendra Saluja, who is a close aide of former chief minister Kamal Nath, on Friday joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a development that comes amid Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra that is passing through the state.
Saluja said he joined the BJP after questions were raised by members of the Sikh community over felicitation of Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath, facing allegations in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in Indore earlier this month.
A row had erupted after Kamal Nath was felicitated by organisers at a Sikh religious event held at Khalsa College in Indore on November 8. After Nath left the venue, famous kirtan singer Manpreet Singh Kanpuri lashed out at the organisers for inviting the Congress leader. (PTI)
