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Three Time Tamil Nadu Congress MLA Vijayadharani Joins BJP

February 24, 2024
The Commune

Tamil Nadu Congress MLA S Vijayadharani has officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party headquarters in New Delhi on 24 February 2024. The event took place in the presence of Union Minister of State L Murugan, BJP incharge for Tamil Nadu Arvind Menon, and the party’s coincharge for the state, Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy.

Vijayadharani is a three-time legislator from the Vilavancode Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari  District since 2011. She had earlier in the day resigned from the primary membership of Congress and shared her resignation letter addressed to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on her official microblogging X platform stated, “I hereby tender my resignation from the party’s primary membership and related posts held by me in the party for personal reasons. Kindly accept the same.”

During the press conference held at the BJP party’s headquarters in Delhi, she expressed to the reporters, “I was in the Indian National Congress for several years from my childhood I have never shifted party all my life and this is the first time I’ve taken decision to shift my party for various reasons, I might have some difficulties definitely. You will be knowing about all those but past is past. Now I really feel that under the leadership of our Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi, lot of great things are happening to our country internationally. Our country is in such high profile and very important is the people of the country also are quite happy of various schemes of the present government. Particularly I’m really sometimes worried that good schemes of Government of India, presently now like the ration scheme and certain other schemes are not being … promoted or even considered in states like Tamilnadu, West Bengal. In these states they are not being accepted at all. Because of that people are being denied of some good. So such things have to be definitely considered by such states, our states. So it needs a strong persuasion in such states that national party particularly Bharatiya Janata Party should be more strengthened”

When discussing Tamil Nadu, she remarked, “Now presently our state leader and president Annamalai is doing great job and he is doing his Padayatra and particularly there is going to be a real transformation of the party in Tamilnadu and i will also joining them in the process to strengthen the party and particularly I strongly feel that the women need more focus, that is been given by the Bharatiya Janata Party, that I really appreciate. More number more number of MP’s are there and more number of MLA’s  are there in the elective process the Bharatiya Janata Party encourages women into the process beyond bringing the women reservation bill and enacting it in the Parliament and more so they will also be implementing it shortly that’s what prime ministers has stated. Now I strongly feel that women leaders are more important to the country and in states like Tamilnadu definitely women leaders are to be considered the welfare of women so therefore the promotion of Bharatiya Janata Party of people like us into the party system,I am overwhelmingly happy about it and I accept and to work within the party with utmost loyalty. I strongly feel I am a person of loyalty and now it’s time that the leadership of Modi is very important to this country. So hence code under the under the leadership of Modi and the presence in the presence of our minister and the party president in Nadda I strongly feel that people like me can to work in our state and will be definitely of some use to the people of the country.”

 

This move is considered a setback for the Congress party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, expected to be held in April-May this year adding to BJP’s strengthen and boosting its presence in Tamilnadu..

Vijayadharani, a prominent figure in the Tamil Nadu Congress, had been elected as an MLA in 2021 from Vilavancode constituency where the BJP holds a significant presence. Speculations about her switching parties had been circulating, reportedly due to internal differences within the Congress. There were alleged concerns regarding her relationship for past days and with senior leader Selvaperunthagai elevated to the position of Tamil Nadu Congress president.

The Tamil Nadu BJP President, K Annamalai, officially extended a warm welcome to MLA S Vijayadharani through his official handle. He expressed that, “Smt@VijayadharaniM avl, Congress MLA of Vilavancode assembly constituency, much inspired by the able leadership of our beloved PM Thiru @narendramodi avl joined the Bharatiya Janata Party today in the presence of Hon MoS Thiru @Murugan_MoS avl, @BJP4TamilNadu Parliament Election Incharge Thiru @MenonArvindBJP avl & Co-incharge Thiru @ReddySudhakar21 avl. On behalf of @BJP4TamilNadu , we warmly welcome Smt @VijayadharaniM avl. Her presence would strengthen the path of TN BJP in realising the political change in Tamil Nadu”

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