Another Congress MLA Joins BJP in Madhya Pradesh, 27th Since Last Year | Read

In another big jolt to Congress in Madhya Pradesh, one of the party's MLAs switched over to the BJP just 6 days before a bypoll in the Lok Sabha constituency his assembly seat falls under. Sachin Birla, first-time Congress MLA from the Barwaha seat of Khargone district in MP joined the ruling BJP at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's rally in Bedia village on Sunday. He is the 27th sitting Congress MLA to have joined the ruling party in the state since the Kamal Nath-led government fell following resignations by 22 of its MLAs in March 2020.