Top Congress Leader and Former Deputy Chief Minister Narhari Amin Joined BJP

Senior party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Indian National Congress in Gujrat Narhari Amin on 6 December 2012 switched sides and joined the BJP with his supporters.

Narhari  Amin had over 21-year-old association with the Congress, where he worked hard to build and maintain a strong base of party workers. His decision of joining BJP came after he was denied ticket by the party for 2012 Assembly polls.

Amin alleged that Union Minister C P Joshi, who was in-charge of screening committee on ticket distribution, had been giving tickets to unknown faces and fixed the polls before voting.

Amin resigned from the Congress along with his six supporters. Another 175 of his supporters also had resigned on 5 December 2012 from the primary membership of the party. All of them joined BJP along with him.