Bhopal: Barely 48 hours before the third phase polling in Madhya Pradesh, Congress MLA from Bina in the state Nirmala Sapre on Sunday joined BJP. She is the third sitting MLA of Congress to switch over to BJP in the last three weeks. She joined BJP at an election rally of the saffron party at Surkhi in Sagar district which was addressed by chief minister Mohan Yadav. She is
the first-time MLA.
Earlier last month, six-time Congress MLA Ramniwas Rawat and three-term Congress MLA Kamalesh Shah joined BJP. The third phase of Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh is scheduled to be held on May seven. Nine LS seats are going to polls in the third phase polling.