Bhopal, Oct. 15 -- Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari on Thursday said that the Congress party was planning to organise a 'Ghar Wapsi' programme in the near future to facilitate the return of former party members, claiming that the party received over 600 applications from those seeking to return.

Patwari made the remarks while welcoming members of the Bhim Army into the Congress party. He said people from different political parties and members of the public were expressing interest in joining the party, attracted by its ideology.

"Wherever I travel across the state, hundreds of people from different parties, as well as the general public, express their desire to join the Congress because they are attracted to its ideology....