Nitish, Mamata spoke to Ajit Jogi after he formed party: Aide

June 10, 2016 02:40

Leaders like Nitish Kumar and Mamata Banerjee had congratulated former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi after he floated a new political party quitting the Congress, his associate said on Thursday.

'Leaders from different states have congratulated Jogi over phone after he announced on June 6 that he would form anew party,' Jogi's political secretary Ashok Sharma said in a statement.

These leaders included Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, and Yuvajana, Shramika, Rythu Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, he said.

They hoped that with the formation of a regional party, importance of Chhattisgarh at the national level will increase, Sharma said.

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