Feb 25, 2014, 04.45AM IST TNN
The
need to rope in the IB has arisen because of a spate of defections in
the past couple of weeks that seems to be systematically orchestrated by
the Modi camp.
AHMEDABAD: The Congress high command is understood to have sought the
services of the Intelligence Bureau to identify possible defectors to
the BJP in Gujarat. The party is facing the prospect of a 26-0 rout in
the Lok Sabha elections as the Narendra Modi bandwagon looks unstoppable
in his home state.
The need to rope in the IB has arisen because of a spate of defections in the past couple of weeks that seems to be systematically orchestrated by the Modi camp. Fanning these defections are heavyweights like Narhari Amin and Vithhal Radadia.
On Monday, two Congress MLAs joined the BJP. The resignations of Chhabil Patel, who represented Abadasa, and Prabhu Vasava from Mandvi in Surat takes the tally of MLAs who have resigned in the past fortnight to join the BJP to five.
Apparently, one of the briefs given to the IB is to sniff out if Shankersinh Vaghela is inching any closer to Modi. Many of the recent defectors are from his camp. IB sleuths are even contacting local journalists to identify Modi admirers in the Congress. The Congress believes that Modi is out to decimate the party and there could be a deluge of defections in the build-up to the elections. Three sitting MLAs from Sabarkantha, Amreli and Junagadh have just defected to BJP, tilting the balance in three Lok Sabha seats.
Apparently, new targets are Surendranagar, Banaskantha and Bardoli, where the BJP is comparatively on a weaker wicket.
The need to rope in the IB has arisen because of a spate of defections in the past couple of weeks that seems to be systematically orchestrated by the Modi camp. Fanning these defections are heavyweights like Narhari Amin and Vithhal Radadia.
On Monday, two Congress MLAs joined the BJP. The resignations of Chhabil Patel, who represented Abadasa, and Prabhu Vasava from Mandvi in Surat takes the tally of MLAs who have resigned in the past fortnight to join the BJP to five.
Apparently, one of the briefs given to the IB is to sniff out if Shankersinh Vaghela is inching any closer to Modi. Many of the recent defectors are from his camp. IB sleuths are even contacting local journalists to identify Modi admirers in the Congress. The Congress believes that Modi is out to decimate the party and there could be a deluge of defections in the build-up to the elections. Three sitting MLAs from Sabarkantha, Amreli and Junagadh have just defected to BJP, tilting the balance in three Lok Sabha seats.
Apparently, new targets are Surendranagar, Banaskantha and Bardoli, where the BJP is comparatively on a weaker wicket.
Source: http://m.timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/30966665.cms
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