Complex sentence: Agriculture and Irrigation Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram quit the party in the first week of February; other notable Congress stalwarts who crossed the floor with Jagjivan Ram before the election were Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna and Nandini Satpathy.
Split into simpler sentences: Agriculture and Irrigation Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram quit the party, and he was one among many. Other notable Congress stalwarts who crossed the floor before the election were Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna and Nandini Satpathy.