The Mayor of Chhindwara and prominent tribal leader Vikram Ahake left the Congress and joined the BJP on April 1. Chhindwara is former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath’s bastion. This follows the recent defection of a Congress MLA from Chhindwara to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mr. Ahake, 34, who is a “close confidant” of the Congress veteran, switched to the BJP along with Chhindwara Municipal Corporation chairperson Pramod Sharma.
Earlier on March 29, three-term Congress MLA from Amarwara in Chhindwara Lok Sabha segment Kamlesh Pratap Shah resigned from his Legislative membership and joined the BJP, reducing the number of Congress MLAs in Chhindwara to six. The Opposition party won all seven seats in Chhindwara Lok Sabha segment in the State Assembly Elections held last year in November.
