Cong leader Harshvardhan Patil to join BJP??
There has been speculation that as the NCp is not ready to give the seat to Congress in their pre-roll alliance, the four-time MLA till 2014 from his stronghold Indapur, may join the BJP The seat is currently represented by Datta Bharane of the NCP.
“During the Lok Sabha elections (held earlier this year), it was decided in the presence of Rahul Gandhi (then Congress president) that in the State Assembly polls, the NCP will cede the seat to the Congress and on that basis, we all worked for NCP candidate Supriya Sule and gave her a lead of 71,000 votes,” Patil said.
“But, now they are not ready to cede the seat to the Congress as promised, so there is an overall feeling of injustice among people and now the time has come that we should make the decision,” he said addressing his supporters in the Indapur Assembly segment of Pune’s Baramati Lok Sabha seat.
Patil slso praised Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for helping him to solve the issues of people from Indapur, giving strong indications that he may join the BJP. “During the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP offered me a ticket, but I did not accept it and instead, we worked for Sule and gave her a decisive lead from the constituency, but in return, what have we got?” he asked his supporters.
Patil added that he will take a decision about his next political step before September 10. Many Congress and NCP leaders have joined either the BJP or the Shiv Sena recently.
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