800 Congress workers in Devbhumi Dwarka have parted away from the GOP and joined BJP in the presence of Jamnagar MP Poonam Maadam today.

Many important Congress leaders including the general secretary of district Congress and the leader of opposition of taluka panchayat broke away from Congress to join the saffron party.

Among the leaders who joined the BJP are Dwarka district Congress general secretary and district panchayat member Ebha Karmur, opposition leader and taluka panchayat member Yogesh Nandania, taluka panchayat member Laxman Chavda, Dwarka Congress OBC cell president Kishan Bhatia, taluka panchayat member Malsi Dahiya, around 800 Congress workers including Dwarka district youth congress president Savan Karmur, APMC director of Khambhalia Babu Gojia, and 14 Sarpanches.

Jamnagar MP Poonam Maadam, state cabinet minister Mulu Bera and district BJP president Mayur Gadhvi welcomed the Congress leaders at a meeting in Khambhaliya. 

The incident is being seen as a major shift in the political equation in Gujarat, where the BJP is consolidating its power across the state and extending its reach to traditional Congress strongholds as well.

(Source: IANS)

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