30 Cong, BJP workers joint BSP in HP

Nahan,Aug 12 (UNI) More than 30 activists of the Congress and BJP today joined the Bhaujan Smaj Party (BSP) at a rally at Paonta Sahib in this district.

The rally was presided by Vijay Singh Mankotia, who after his expulsion from the Congress had joined the BSP.

In his speech, Mr mankotia alleged that chief minister Virbhadra Singh and his ministers were a group of corrupt people who always tried to collect money for the development of their own family members. He alleged that successive Congress and BJP governments had failed to come upto the expections of the people and the state.

Mr Mankotia said that the time had come to change the Congress government and to reject the BJP. The BSP was the party of the masses, he said.

UNI