Over 25 Congress leaders join BJP

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, December 26

More than 25 Congress leaders, including former state secretary Mamta Gurung, Congress youth president for Dehradun Ishant Ksehtri, former Principal of GIC, Guniyalgaun, Gunanand Uniyal and young leader Rajeev Kumar joined the BJP in the presence of state BJP president Ajay Bhatt, Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi and former Cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat, along with their supporters, at a programme held at Johari village today.

Addressing the gathering, Ajay Bhatt said due to the policies of the BJP, a retired principal, a person who assisted many students to become IAS, PCS, IPS officers, had shown his keenness in joining the BJP. He said a senior Congress leader and a youth leader had joined the party indicating the popularity of the BJP. He praised MLA Ganesh Joshi for his dedication for development of his constituency.

Joshi said it could have happened in the BJP only where an ordinary soldier could become an MLA. “I am trying my best to reach each and every nook and corner of my constituency to serve the people.” He added, “With the blessings of all of you, I will try to continue the mission of developing the area in the next tenure also,” he said.

Harak Singh Rawat also appreciated Joshi’s style of fighting for his constituency in the Assembly. He was the most dynamic MLA he had ever worked with.

BJP Mussoorie constituency convener Niranjan Dobhal, BDC member Sandhya Thapa and Pramila Devi, Bharti Jwadi, Jyoti Kotiya, Geeta Devi, Vandana Bisht, Ramu Khatri, Nirmala Thapa, Deepak Pundeer, Sundar Kothal, Anurag Singh, Sandya Kshetri, Prabha Shah and hundreds of others were also present on the occasion.