BHOPAL, Feb 7: Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Sumer Singh, considered close to former chief minister Digvijaya Singh, joined the BJP in front of the Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia here on Wednesday.
During Digvijaya Singh’s tenure as the CM, Sumer Singh had been appointed as a member of the state Public Service Commission (PSC).
He is considered as a family member of Digvijaya Singh, Congress sources said.
Sumer Singh was also elected as the district panchayat president of Guna from Congress during the period 2010-15, the sources said.
Along with Sumer Singh, a number of his supporters including his son Dhananjay Singh, also joined the saffron party, they said.
Meanwhile, Jabalpur Mayor and Congress leader Jagat Bahadur Singh on Wednesday joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh along with several other local members of his outfit.
Singh and other Congress leaders took membership of the BJP in presence of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and its MP unit president VD Sharma at the BJP headquarters in Bhopal said a party spokesperson. (PTI)
