India, Jan. 9 -- Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday said that in its attempt to create a Congress-free India, the BJP is now teeming with leaders poached from the opposition party.

After a local Congress unit joined hands with the BJP in the Ambernath municipal council post-civic elections, the Congress suspended its councillors, but the BJP subsequently welcomed them into its fold, he told reporters here. Speaking after a campaign meeting for the January 15 civic polls, Sapkal said, "In its attempt to make India 'Congress-mukt' (free of Congress), the BJP itself has become 'Congress yukt' (inclusive of Congress)."

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