Ahead of Rajasthan polls, Nathuram Mirdha's kin Jyoti Mirdha joins BJP

Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Ahead of assembly polls in Rajasthan, two Congress leaders from the state, including former Nagaur MP Jyoti Mirdha, granddaughter of prominent leader Nathuram Mirdha, on Monday joined BJP, giving it a shot in the arm in the Jat-dominated region. Sawai Singh Chaudhary, a former IPS officer, who contested the 2018 assembly polls from Khinwsar on a Congress ticket, also switched over to BJP.

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