Chouhan and Sharma welcomed Lodhi into the BJP. Before joining the party, Lodhi went to Chouhan's residence on Sunday morning. Soon after he joined the BJP on Sunday afternoon, the party-led state government appointed Lodhi as the chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation. Tomar had won it in 2008 and 2013. Lodhi, who was a legislator from Bada Malhera seat in Chhatarpur district, joined the saffron party as its state headquarters here in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Lodhi, who represented Bada-Malhera constituency, had also joined the BJP. An independent MP/ MLA cannot join a political party after the election. Political theories abound on why the BJP is taking in Congress MLAs in droves, ignoring the chances of sabotage which are very real given that the Congress MLA who resigns from his seat is promised the BJP ticket, angering in the process, the previous BJP MLA. Does he remember who was in power for 15 years and how the Bundelkhand package fell prey to massive corruption under the BJP government?" 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“He submitted the resignation on Saturday.