Sanyam Lodha, an independent MLA from Sirohi and advisor to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, has claimed that BJP He is reportedly trying to woo 10 Congress MLAs in Gujarat ahead of the assembly elections in the state later this year.
In a tweet uploaded on Friday, Lodha said: “#Gujarat Assembly Election 2022 BJP is wooing ten Congress MLAs. Stay healthy, stay alert” and tagged the Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Also the national Twitter handle of Congress and its Gujarat unit.
“The number may eventually be more than 10 MLAs. I had warned Raghu Sharma (Congress’s Gujarat in-charge) a month ago but there was no response, so I tweeted and tagged him and others. Indian Express,
He said: “If you keep sleeping it’s bound to happen. I am anti-BJP and it is my responsibility to be vigilant. He and Sharma spoke on the phone after the tweet.
Sirohi, the assembly constituency of Lodha, falls in the Sirohi district, which is adjacent to Gujarat. Raghu Sharma could not be reached for comment.
Ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in 2020, eight Congress MLAs in Gujarat had resigned and later joined the BJP. At that time the Congress had shifted its MLAs from Gujarat to Jaipur for fear of horse-trading. The Congress now has 65 MLAs in the Gujarat Assembly.