Bhopal: Fuelling the speculation of a rift with Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government in Madhya Pradesh, party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has removed ‘BJP’ from his Twitter profile.
Scindia, who joined the BJP in March this year after severing his 18-year ties with the Congress, however, brushed off the rumours of any internal fissures. Scindia’s current Twitter bio reads public servant and cricket enthusiast.
He told Times Now: “There is nothing like anything wrong with the BJP…whatever the speculations on Twitter profile change, all are rubbish.”
Many BJP followers also pointed out that Scindia had never added BJP to his Twitter profile.
Senior BJP leader Pradhuman Singh Tomar said that all the speculation regarding Scindia’s changed Twitter profile was a “baseless rumour”.
Earlier, Scindia, the former MP from Guna had removed ‘Congress’ from his Twitter bio before joining hands with the BJP.
Scindia’s exit from Congress
Jyotiraditya Scindia had left Congress to join the BJP on March 11 this year, leading to the collapse of the Kamal Nath government as after his resignation as many as 22 Congress MLAs had quit the party, paving the way for BJP to form the government in Madhya Pradesh.
Earlier, senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh had said that Scindia had ‘auctioned’ Madhya Pradesh’s mandate and that he had always wanted to be a Union Minister.
