‘Is Congress fighting BJP or BAP?’: Party’s 300 defections claim in Rajasthan faces questions

Barring a few, no BAP members were present at the event at Ashok Gehlot's house on Thursday, said Rajkumar Roat, MP and founder of the Bharat Adivasi Party. (File photo) 3 min readJaipurJul 31, 2026 04:30 PM IST First published on: Jul 31, 2026 at 04:29 PM IST Rajkumar Roat, MP and founder of the Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP), has denied the Congress’s claim that around 300 BAP workers joined the party. Roat said only a handful of individuals associated with the party had switched sides and alleged that the Congress was exaggerating the numbers to create a political narrative. His response came after Congress leaders claimed that around 300 BAP members had joined the party at former chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s residence in Jaipur on Thursday. The members were given Congress scarves, which t