Fifty-five Nanded corporators follow in Ashok Chavan’s footsteps, join BJP

MUMBAI: Fifty-five Congress corporators of the Nanded Waghala civic body on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of former chief minister Ashok Chavan.

नांदेड-वाघाळा महानगरपालिकेच्या मागील कार्यकाळातील नगरसेवकांशी आज विस्तृत चर्चा झाली. सुमारे ५५ हून अधिक माजी निर्वाचित नगरसेवक आणि स्वीकृत सदस्यांनी मा. पंतप्रधान नरेंद्र मोदी यांच्या नेतृत्वावर विश्वास ठेवून विकासाच्या मुख्य प्रवाहात सहभागी होण्याचा निर्णय घेतला आहे.
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— Ashok Chavan (@AshokChavan1958) February 24, 2024

Chavan had recently joined the BJP from the Congress and this was his first visit to Nanded since the switch and his unopposed election to the Rajya Sabha.

These corporators joined the BJP due to their faith in the leadership of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said in a post on X.

The Congress has 73 seats in the 81-member Nanded Waghala Municipal Corporation body.

More corporators will join the BJP in the future, said former Congress MLA Amar Rajurkar, who had quit the along with Chavan.

Source: Press Trust of India