Two Congress MLAs who had resigned yesterday joined BJP here today.
Chhabil Patel from Abdasa assembly seat of Kutch district and Prabhu Vasava from Mandvi assembly seat of Surat district had submitted their resignations to Gujarat Assembly Speaker Vaju Vala yesterday.
Patel was a two-time assembly legislator of Congress. Though he began his political career with BJP, he had left the party 18 years ago.
However, Vasava, who was president of Surat district Congress unit, has no prior links to BJP.
Earlier, three other Congress MLAs resigned and joined BJP.
Rajendrasinh Chavda, an MLA from Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district and Jasa Barad, who is an MLA from Somnath in Junagadh district, resigned to join BJP.
In the last week of January, Lathi MLA Bavku Undhad joined BJP after submitting his resignation to Gujarat Assembly Speaker.
A total of five MLAs have resigned and joined BJP in the last month.
