Chhattisgarh: Renu Jogi, national president of Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and wife of former Chief Minister late Ajit Jogi, has urged to merge her party with the main opposition party Congress in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled state. The regional party formed by Ajit Jogi eight years ago said that it believes in the ideology of Congress.
Renu Jogi said on Thursday (December 19), “We have requested the state president of Congress Deepak Baij to merge JCC (J) with Congress and include our party leaders and workers in the party.”
The party took the decision unanimously
Renu Jogi and her son and state president of JCC (J) and Renu Jogi’s son Amit Ajit Jogi have said in a letter to Deepak Baij, “The only recognized regional party of the state ‘Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J)’ formed by the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh late Ajit Jogi believes in the ideology of Congress. Our party’s core committee has unanimously decided to merge the party with Congress and join the state Congress unit.”
Ajit Jogi started the party in 2016
Chhattisgarh’s first chief minister Ajit Jogi founded JCC(J), also known as Jogi Congress, in June 2016 after breaking away from the Congress. In last year’s assembly elections, JCC(J) contested alone and could not win a single seat.