Yashodhara Raje hails nephew Jyotiraditya's move to quit Cong

    Bhopal, Mar 10 (PTI) Jyotiraditya Scindia's paternal
aunt and BJP MLA from Madhya Pradesh, Yashodhara Raje Scindia,
on Tuesday welcomed her nephew's decision to resign from the
Congress, calling it in the "interest of the nation".
    "Rajmata's blood took the decision in the national
interest, the new country will be created, now every distance
has ended. @jyotiraditya, I warmly welcome the bold move to
leave the Congress," she tweeted.
    Yashodhara Raje is younger sister of Jyotiraditya's
father late Madhavrao Scindia.
    She had served as a minister for Sports in the
previous BJP government headed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
    Jyotiraditya's grandmotherand Yashodhara Raje's
mother Vijayaraje Scindia, popularly known as 'Rajmata', was a
BJP stalwart.
    Yashodhara Raje also paid tributes to Madhavrao
Scindia on his birth anniversary on Tuesday.
    In a massive setback for the Congress, Jyotiraditya
quit the party pushing the Kamal Nath government in Madhya
Pradesh into virtual collapse and signalling that he is likely
to join hands with the BJP.
    On its part, the Congress expelled the party general
secretary and scion of the erstwhile Gwalior royal family on
charges of anti-party activities. PTI ADU MAS
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