<p>While Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot was holding meetings with workers in Vadodara on booth management for the upcoming Assembly polls, his party’s two senior leaders — former minister and Dalit leader Raju Parmar and former parliamentarian Naresh Raval joined the BJP along with their supporters in a function in Gandhinagar.</p>.<p>These two leaders, who had resigned from the party last week, were associated with Congress for several decades.</p>.<p>The two leaders’ switching over to the BJP ahead of Assembly polls is a continuation of setbacks that the Opposition Congress has been suffering for the past several years.</p>.<p>The party has lost several key leaders including sitting MLAs to the BJP.</p>.<p>The exodus included Patidar leader Hardik Patel and sitting MLA from Khedbrahma, Ashwin Kotwal, a tribal leader.</p>
<p>While Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot was holding meetings with workers in Vadodara on booth management for the upcoming Assembly polls, his party’s two senior leaders — former minister and Dalit leader Raju Parmar and former parliamentarian Naresh Raval joined the BJP along with their supporters in a function in Gandhinagar.</p>.<p>These two leaders, who had resigned from the party last week, were associated with Congress for several decades.</p>.<p>The two leaders’ switching over to the BJP ahead of Assembly polls is a continuation of setbacks that the Opposition Congress has been suffering for the past several years.</p>.<p>The party has lost several key leaders including sitting MLAs to the BJP.</p>.<p>The exodus included Patidar leader Hardik Patel and sitting MLA from Khedbrahma, Ashwin Kotwal, a tribal leader.</p>