Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress may face another big blow before the Lok Sabha elections 2024. There is a rumor that former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath is angry with the party’s high command and may join BJP. If Kamal Nath leaves Congress, he will not be the first former Chief Minister of Congress to do so. 12 leaders have done this before him.
Some leaders formed their own party while some leaders joined other parties. Maximum three former Chief Ministers in this list are from Goa. Goa’s Digambar Kamat, Ravi Naik and Luizinho Faleiro are leaders who were chief ministers in the Congress government, but later left the party. Of these, Digambar and Ravi eventually joined BJP, but Faleiro first remained in TMC and then separated from this party.
Nine leaders joined BJP
Of the 12 former Chief Ministers who left Congress, there are 9 who joined BJP. If Kamal Nath also joins BJP, he will be the 10th former Chief Minister of Congress to do so. The special thing is that Jyotiraditya Scindia, who left Congress because of Kamal Nath, is already a part of BJP.
Ashok Chavan latest example
The latest name in this list is that of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. Chavan has recently left Congress and joined BJP. Along with him, some MLAs have also changed sides. Lok Sabha Elections This is a big blow for the Congress. Now if Kamal Nath also leaves Congress then the party’s base may become weak. Apart from continuously winning in Chhindwara, Kamal Nath has been a big leader of Congress since the time of Sanjay Gandhi. It is believed that their separation will cause loss to Congress.
Former Chief Minister who left Congress
1. Kiran Kumar Reddy, former CM, Andhra Pradesh – joins BJP
2. Captain Amarinder Singh, former CM, Punjab – joins BJP
3. SM Krishna, former CM, Karnataka – joins BJP
4. Digambar Kamat, former CM, Goa – joins BJP
5. Vijay Bahuguna, former CM, Uttarakhand – joins BJP
6. Pema Khandu, former CM, Arunachal Pradesh – joins BJP
7. Ashok Chavan, former CM Maharashtra – joins BJP
8. ND Tiwari, former CM, Uttarakhand – joins BJP
9. Ravi Naik, former CM Goa – left Congress in 2000 and joined BJP. Returned to Congress again in 2002 and again joined BJP in 2021.
10. Ghulam Nabi Azad, former CM, Jammu and Kashmir – formed his own party
11. Ajit Jogi, former Chief Minister Chhattisgarh – formed his own party
12. Luizinho Faleiro, former CM Goa – joins TMC (left TMC in 2023)