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Six leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including 3 erstwhile MLAs, from Uttarakhand joined the Congress enactment successful New Delhi connected Saturday (March 28, 2026) successful the beingness of enactment wide caput and State in-charge Kumari Selja.
The erstwhile MLAs are Rajkumar Thukral, Narayan Pal, and Bhimlal Arya, portion the different 3 are Gaurav Goyal, Lakhan Singh, and Anuj Gupta.
Addressing a property conference, Ms. Selja said the leaders had reposed religion successful the enactment of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and erstwhile president Rahul Gandhi. She claimed that the public’s spot successful the Congress was rising amid a increasing dissatisfaction with the BJP authorities successful the State.
Alleging wide corruption nether the BJP government, Ms. Selja said the ruling dispensation was “on the backmost foot” pursuing protests by Congress workers that had received important nationalist support.
She besides said attempts to “polish” the representation of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had failed, with the “reality” of the enactment getting exposed earlier the people.
Expressing assurance astir the party’s prospects, Ms. Selja said the Congress expected affirmative electoral gains successful the State arsenic nationalist enactment continued to grow.
The induction of the six leaders took spot astatine the enactment office successful the beingness of Uttarakhand Congress leaders, including Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Ganesh Godiyal, Leader of the Opposition Yashpal Arya, predetermination run committee president Pritam Singh, predetermination absorption committee caput Harak Singh Rawat, and erstwhile PCC president Karan Mahara.
