BJC to merge with NCP

PATNA, DEC. 25. The Bharatiya Jan Congress (BJC) president and former Bihar Chief Minister, Dr. Jagannath Mishra, on Sunday announced that his party would merge with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of Mr. Sharad Pawar on Jan. 23, 2001, the birth anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose.In a statement here Mr. Mishra said the two parties BJC and NCP, were following the policies of Mahatama Gandhi and Indira Gandhi that had brought the nation on the path of progress.

Mr. Mishra said the two parties after the merger would work for bringing the expelled Congressmen to the party fold to pursue the policies that were beneficial to the farmers.

- PTI

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