Kamal Nath switch: ‘India has become BJP mukt Bharat,’ says former Congress leader Sanjay Jha

The political landscape of Madhya Pradesh is undergoing some serious churning as senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Kamal Nath is expected to join the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). The MP Congress has decided to stay optimistic and dismissed all such possibilities, but Kamal Nath is already in Delhi and will likely have a meeting with BJP's leadership. Amid suspense, former Congress leader Sanjay Jha took a jibe at BJP for inducting a number of Congress leaders and said ‘India has become BJP mukt Bharat.’

“Congress ( Nehru ) vs Congress ( Modi ) in 2024. I like this. In the process, India has become BJP Mukt Bharat," Sanjay Jha said amid speculations around joining the BJP.

In case Kamal Nath switches to the BJP, he will join a number of big Congress leaders to go with the saffron party in recent days. Just days ago, Congress received a fresh jolt in where former CM Ashok Chavan joined the BJP in Mumbai and got himself in the race to the Upper House of Parliament.

Earlier this month, prominent Muslim leader Baba Siddique left the grand old party to join the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). In January, Congress lost its face in Mumbai as senior leader Milind Deora decided to join the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena.

The back-to-back setbacks for Congress come at a time when the party is struggling to lead the .

Interestingly, the Madhya Pradesh unit of Congress seems clueless about the intentions of Kamal Nath, who is expected to take a number of MLAs with him to the BJP. Earlier today, Kamal Nath's son Nakul Nath also removed Congress from his X bio.

"For the first time when Kamal Nath fought elections, then Indira Gandhi said that Kamal Nath is her third son...in the 45 years of