A day after two BJP MLAs cross-voted in favour of Congress-led Government in the State Assembly on Wednesday, State BJP chief Rakesh Singh said that his party is united and there is no groupism.
Singh, the Lok Sabha MP from Jabalpur, rushed here from Delhi on Wednesday after the BJP's central leadership took a dim view of two party MLAs - Narayan Tripathi and Sharad Kol - voting in favour of the bill moved by the Congress in the state Assembly.
While talking to media persons, he said, “Everything is under control.”
Earlier after reaching Bhopal, Singh met Leader of the Opposition Gopal Bhargava and former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to find out reasons behind the two MLAs backing the Congress-led government during the voting on the bill.
Singh is likely to apprise the BJP central leadership about the two MLAs' action by Thursday evening, party sources said. He held talks separately with Bhargava and Chouhan "to know what went wrong and why the two MLAs voted for the Congress-backed bill", a source said.
Sources said the BJP is still in touch with Tripathi and Kol and wants to win them back and ensure they do not switch over to the ruling party. A source said Tripathi and Kol met Chouhan two days back and lodged a protest with him, saying their voices were not being heard in the BJP.
Chouhan apparently assured the duo that their view points will be heard by the party, the source said.
However, on Wednesday, the two BJP MLAs voted in favour of the Criminal Law (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2019 when it was put to vote in the House.