The BJP wants to minimise the risk of welcoming leaders who may not turn out loyal to the party
New Delhi:
The BJP has added a new layer of filter to check the quality of leaders of other parties who approach to join the BJP, ahead of the national election to be held in a few months.
A new committee of the BJP has been formed to decide whether to allow or reject leaders who want to join the party, sources have said.
Leaders from other parties will be welcomed into the BJP only after the committee gives the green light, sources said. The committee will meet for the first time on January 6, sources said.
The BJP is said to have come up with the idea of such a committee to minimise the risk of welcoming leaders who may not turn out loyal to the party after elections, or during rough patches.
Trinamool Congress leaders Mukul Roy and Babul Supriyo, for example, had joined the BJP just before elections in West Bengal, but later returned to the party led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after it won the state election.