Bodh Singh Bhagat

Ahead of the assembly polls slated later this year, several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including a former member of parliament (MP) of BJP from Balaghat Bodh Singh Bhagat have joined the Congress party along with their supporters.

Supporters of the BJP candidate from Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat Lok Sabha seat Dhal Singh Bisen and sitting Lok Sabha lawmaker Bodh Singh Bhagat clashed Sunday over the party's denial to re-nominate the latter.

The party has dropped three outgoing parliamentarian -- Bodh Singh Bhagat and Subhash Patel in Madhya Pradesh, and Manshankar Ninama in Rajasthan -- for new faces.

Ahead of the assembly polls slated later this year, several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including a former member of parliament (MP) of BJP from Balaghat Bodh Singh Bhagat have joined the Congress party along with their supporters.

Supporters of the BJP candidate from Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat Lok Sabha seat Dhal Singh Bisen and sitting Lok Sabha lawmaker Bodh Singh Bhagat clashed Sunday over the party's denial to re-nominate the latter.

The party has dropped three outgoing parliamentarian -- Bodh Singh Bhagat and Subhash Patel in Madhya Pradesh, and Manshankar Ninama in Rajasthan -- for new faces.