Mumbai:
In a setback to BJP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Chavan, his brother-in-law and former MP Bhaskarrao Patil Khatgaonkar on Friday returned to the Congress fold after quitting the saffron social gathering in Maharashtra forward of the meeting polls.
Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar, a three-time former Lok Sabha MP from Nanded district, rejoined the Congress, the place he had spent a number of years earlier than switching sides, within the presence of MPCC president Nana Patole and senior chief Amit Deshmukh.
The veteran politician is the brother-in-law of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who stop the Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) in February this 12 months.
Former MLA Omprakash Pokarna and Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar’s daughter-in law-Meenal additionally joined the Congress, a key constituent of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
Speaking to reporters on the event, Patole mentioned Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar, a former state minister, has joined the Congress with none pre-conditions.
“The choice to induct him within the Congress was taken after discussions with the (Nanded) district management of the social gathering,” he maintained.
Patole expressed confidence that Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar’s return will assist the Congress do effectively within the meeting seats in Nanded district, Chavan’s house turf within the Marathwada area, within the upcoming elections that are more likely to be held in November.
Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar mentioned he was comfortable to be again house and acknowledged the Congress had given him alternative to function an MLA, MP and minister throughout his decades-long political profession.
“For someday, I had joined one other social gathering (BJP), however now I’ve come again house,” he maintained.
Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar had joined the BJP in 2014 when the saffron social gathering shaped its first authorities in Maharashtra below the management of Devendra Fadnavis.
The previous minister asserted he’ll strive his greatest to make sure the Congress wins most seats within the meeting polls and expressed dedication to dedicate himself for strengthening the social gathering organisation on the grassroots degree.
Final week, former MLA from Gondia district Gopaldas Agrawal had returned to the Congress after resigning from the BJP which he had joined in 2019.
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