leader of Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch and national president of Bharatiya Kurmi Kshatriya Mahasabha lata Rishi Chandrakar on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Along with her 700 supporters, Chandrakar announced joining the BJP in the election rally of former BJP president Venkiah Naidu held at Khursipar.
Naidu welcomed Chandrakar and her supporters in presence of BJP candidate from Bhilai Nagar constituency Prem Prakash Pandey. Talking with media persons after the meeting, Chandra accused Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch of straying from its path and becoming aimless besides dancing to the tunes of the Congress. She alleged that while the Raman Government was ensuring lots of development, Manch leaders were thinking on regional and casteistic lines and hatching a conspiracy to disturb the cosmopolitan nature of Bhilai by spreading regionalism. She said that after getting impressed by personality of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi she decided to join the BJP.