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Jitin Prasada transfer controversy: To clear the air on rumours that he is upset with the BJP leadership, the minister said: "There's no question of being upset. Working under UP CM's leadership to meet people's expectations."

A total of 5 officials including the Public Works Department (PWD) Head & Chief Engineer Manoj Gupta suspended due to transfer irregularities in the department. This is after the action was taken on PWD Minister Jitin Prasada's OSD Anil Kumar Pandey on July 18.

Prasada, a former member of the G23 who had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking an organisational overhaul before quitting the party and joining the BJP.

All the new ministers were administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor Anandiben Patel at a hurriedly convened ceremony at the Raj Bhavan, in the presence of the Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues. Among those who were sworn in are one cabinet minister and six ministers of state.

Prasada said they discussed ways to ensure that the welfare schemes reach the public more effectively and the party organisation is strengthened further "so that the state and the country can be served".

Prasada, who is from Uttar Pradesh, recently severed his family's three-generation ties with the Congress and joined the BJP.

In an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the Shiv Sena said Prasada, a young leader, was of no use to the Congress and will remain so to the BJP.

Though there is no official word on whether there will be a Cabinet expansion in Uttar Pradesh, sources said Jitin Prasada, who comes from a noted Brahmin family of the state with political heft, and AK Sharma may be accommodated in such an eventuality.

Rahul Gandhi’s close aide Jitin Prasada on Wednesday joined the BJP, senior party leader and former Union minister Kapil Sibal has called for reforms in the grand old party.

"What can I say? He is such a senior leader but I know the situation in UP and the connection between people and Congress. I decided this after thinking everything," Jitin Prasada said

Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) lashed out at two time Lok Sabha MP and former party leader Jitin Prasada for joining BJP and said it was like dumping garbage in a dustbin.

Calls for generational shift and giving the next league of leaders more say in the party policies have been there for long, however, the Congress has been hesitant.

Congress leader Jitin Prasada joined the BJP on Wednesday, in a shot in the arm for the saffron party as it prepares for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled for early next year.

Senior Congress party leader Jitin Prasada on Thursday joined the BJP in Delhi.

Senior Congress leader Jitin Prasada on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of UP Assemby polls.

In a series of tweets, Congress leader Jitin Prasada has hit out at the BJP ruled Uttar Pradesh government, comparing it with strife-torn Kashmir. Prasada tweeted, "UP is no Kashmir. Yet today, I am in preventive custody for simply wanting to highlight the plight of the Shahjahnpur rape victim. This BJP govt has no qualms in quashing an individual's fundamental rights!"

Rampur (UP), Aug 5:  Amid raging controversy over the suspension of IAS officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal, Union Minister Jitin Prasada on Sunday alleged illegal sand mining was going on in Uttar Pradesh in connivance with