Rajasthan BSP MLA Joins Shiv Sena:Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has suffered a major setback amid the Lok Sabha elections. Two BSP MLAs in Rajasthan joined Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) on Tuesday. In Mumbai, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde gave membership of Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) to Sadulpur MLA Manoj Nyangali and Bari MLA Jaswant Singh Gurjar.
Rajasthan Assembly became void after these Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs joined Shiv Sena. Even in 2008 and 2018, the MLAs who won the elections on BSP symbol have changed parties. Last time, six BSP MLAs had joined Congress.
MLA Ritu Banawat also gave support
Before the BSP MLAs, MLA Ritu Banawat, who was elected as an independent from Bayana Rupwas assembly seat of Bharatpur district, was also close to Shiv Sena. However, later took membership of BJP. Political experts believe that BSP MLAs can also join BJP later. Because Shiv Sena does not have a huge support base in Rajasthan.
BJP-Congress MLAs were defeated
Only two BSP MLAs had won in the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly elections. Manoj Nyangali had defeated Krishna Poonia of Congress by 2475 votes from Sadulpur seat. Whereas, Jaswant Singh Gurjar had defeated three-time BJP MLA Girraj Singh Malinga from Bari seat by 27,424 votes.
