New Delhi, March 16 (IANS): As the Congress faces another political crisis in Gujarat ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections this month after five of its MLAs tendered their resignation, BJP MP Darshana Jardosh on Monday raised questions on the policy of the grand old party, saying it is the result of "resentment" coupled with "the development politics" of her party.
The Lok Sabha MP, who represents Surat constituency in Gujarat, told IANS that it was good if some Congress MLAs want to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat.
"The government (in Gujarat) has been doing a great job under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vijay Bhai Rupani (Gujarat Chief Minister). This is good if some Congress MLAs (in Gujarat) want to join BJP showing resentment in Congress and considering our development model. Whatever will happen will come to the fore very soon," Jardosh said in the Parliament premises.
Asked about the Congress' allegation against the BJP of repeating a Madhya Pradesh-type political move in Gujarat to break its MLAs, the MP said: "This is the habit of the Congress to hurl accusations. But BJP always believes in politics of development. Everyone believes in development and good governance policy."
Her comments came in the wake of the political crisis in Gujarat as five Congress MLAs resigned by Sunday ahead of the crucial Rajya Sabha elections on March 26.
Four Congress MLAs -- Pradhyumansinh Jadeja, J.V. Kakadiya, Soma Ganda Patel and Mangal Gawit (Dang) -- submitted their resignations to Gujarat assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi on Saturday while MLA Pravin Maru resigned on Sunday.
With this, the strength of the Congress party in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly has come down to 68 from 73.
The Congress will need 74 votes to win two Rajya Sabha seats.
Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani on Friday extended his support to the Congress.
In the 182-seat Gujarat Assembly, the BJP has 103 seats, while two seats are with the Bharatiya Tribal Party and the Nationalist Congress Party has one. There is one Independent legislator as well.