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Big blow to maharashtra bjp, former mp joined Congress...
Former bjp mp from Bhandara, maharashtra, Shishupal patel joined congress on Friday. This is being considered a big blow for maharashtra BJP. Announcing his joining the congress, he said that he has joined the congress before the assembly elections led by Nana Patole. Former Bhandara bjp mp Shishupal patel has expressed grief over leaving the party with a heavy heart in his resignation letter to maharashtra bjp President Bawankule. He said that now the era of atal bihari vajpayee and LK Advani is over in BJP.
Patle, who was the president of Bhandara Zilla Parishad, defeated praful patel of congress PARTY' target='_blank' title='nationalist congress party-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>nationalist congress party in the 2004 lok sabha elections. He is considered a big face of the Powar community in the politics of Bhandara-Gondia district. Political observers say that Patel's resignation just before the assembly elections is a big loss for the bjp in Bhandara.
Became a big leader after defeating Praful Patel
Shishupal patel has a significant population in Bhandara district along with his assembly constituency. patel became a big leader after defeating the then Union minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) praful patel in the 2004 lok sabha elections. In the year 2009, he failed to win the seat for the second time. Let us tell you that the total number of seats in the maharashtra Legislative assembly is 288. In the assembly elections held in the year 2019, bjp emerged as the largest party. Currently, the ruling Mahayuti has 218 seats and the opposition Mahavikas Aghadi has 78 seats.
At the same time, former maharashtra Chief minister and shiv sena UBT chief uddhav thackeray said in the Mahavikas Aghadi meeting on friday that due to the good work of our government during the Corona epidemic, the Muslims of the state came with the MVA. There was fear in the minds of Muslims during NRC and CAA. During the corona pandemic, I had taken a stand that I will not allow anyone who loves the country to go out of Maharashtra.