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WATCH: After Congress exit, BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia gets grand welcome at Bhopal airport

A day after joining the BJP, Jyotiraditya Scindia reached Bhopal on Thursday. He was welcomed by a swarm of supporters at the Bhopal airport as the former Congress leader now donned a saffron scarf around his neck.

Jyotiraditya Scindia has been named as the BJP's Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh.

Jyotiraditya Scinida had quit the Congress on Tuesday. He is an influential leader of Madhya Pradesh where 22 Congress MLAs, most of whom loyal to him, also resigned from the assembly in a bid to topple the Kamal Nath-led government.

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