BJP got 2 NC leaders,lost 2 to Congress

BJP received a big boost in J&K on Monday when two prominent National Conferess(NC) leaders joined the Party.. Former National Conference leaders Devender Singh Rana and Surjeet Singh Slathia joined the BJP. They were inducted into the party in the presence of Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Hardeep Singh Puri, Dr Jitendra Singh and other party leaders at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Rana said, time has come that Jammu too should have a political narrative and it will be their endeavour under Prime Minister Narendra  Modi to create an inclusive narrative for Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir. Both Devender Rana and Surjit Singh Slathia had resigned from the National Conference a day before. 

Rana, who is a former MLA and the younger brother of Union minister Jitendra Singh, has also served as a political advisor to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and NC leader Omar Abdullah. Rana has been advocating for the Jammu declaration - a joint declaration of several political, social and business organisations, primarily demanding restoration of statehood for the Jammu region and not for the whole Jammu and Kashmir.

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand BJP leader and State Minister Yashpal Arya along with his son MLA Sanjeev Arya have joined Congress. He joined the party in presence of  Congress leaders Harish Rawat and KC Venugopal in Delhi.