Former Gujarat Congress legislator Govabhai Rabari joined the BJP on Monday, ending his three-decade-old affiliation with the Congress in the State.
A three-time MLA, Mr. Rabari was inducted into the BJP by State chief C.R. Patil, who called the former legislator a prominent OBC leader in Banaskantha district of north Gujarat.
Mr. Rabari, who had contested eight Assembly elections and won three, said the BJP, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was undertaking development works for all communities in the State. He alleged that the Congress had relinquished the politics of development.
