Maharashtra Assembly elections 2019: NCP and Congress Leaders have joined BJP
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Maharashtra Assembly elections 2019: NCP and Congress Leaders shifted to BJP
NCP leaders shifted to BJP
Congress leaders shifted to BJP
The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) suffered a major setback, Senior party leader and former minister Ganesh Naik may join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections scheduled for later this year.
The speculation about Naik’s joining the BJP comes to the light when his son Sandeep Naik joined the BJP this year. Sandeep Naik joined the BJP on July 31, 2019.
Many other leaders have joined the BJP this year. Congress MLA (Naigaon, Mumbai) Kalidas Kolambkar, NCP MLAs Sandeep Naik (Airoli, Navi Mumbai), Vaibhav Pichad (Akole, Ahmednagar) and Shivendra Raje Bhosale (Satara) have joined the BJP in presence of Fadnavis and state BJP president Chandrakant Patil.
| S No. | Leaders who have joined BJP | AC Name |
| 1 | Shivendraraje Bhosale | NCP MLA -Satara assembly |
| 2 | Sandeep Naik | NCP MLA -Airoli assembly |
| 3 | Vaibhav Pichad | NCP MLA -Akole assembly, Ahmednagar District |
| 4 | Chitra Wagh | NCP–Former Women Wing President |
| 6 | Kalidas Kolambkar | INC MLA-Wadala assembly, Mumbai |
With this merger, the BJP will automatically get control of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the second richest civic body in the state after Mumbai.
Senior NCP leader Chitra Wagh had expressed her desire to join BJP a month back, claiming she had no future left in her parent party.
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