Mumbai: Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) leaders cross over to BJP; Mahesh Patil among new joinees
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on Tuesday at their Mumbai office. While earlier induction on August 5 was a mixed bag with with both BVA and UBT senior leaders joining the BJP, Tuesday saw only BVA leaders joining the BJP, which included a former corporator Mahesh Patil from Nalasopara and the heads of slum-cells along with scores of senior party workers.
Political commentators had long-guessed this move by the BVA senior leaders as the BVA had miserably lost all its three seats in the assembly elections to the BJP. More traumatic for the BVA was the loss of its father-son leaders in Hitendra Thakur and Kshitij Thakur.
Ravindra Chavan said that all those joining the BJP have placed their trust in the Modi Government at the Centre and the Mahayuti Government in Maharashtra, both committed to building a developed India and a developed Maharashtra.
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Reaffirming BJP's commitment to the progress of the Vasai-Virar region, Chavan noted that Chief Minister
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is giving top priority to addressing the civic issues of Vasai-Virar and Nalasopara. He assured that the region's development will be steered in a new direction with transparent governance.
Chavan added that the inclusion of grass-root leaders like Mahesh Patil, who understands the people's issues, will further strengthen efforts to address the challenges faced by the citizens of Vasai-Virar.
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Among those who joined the BJP from the BVA are Slum Cell President Rajesh Thakur, Women's Slum Cell President Savita Thakur, Ravi Patil, Rajesh Patil, Dilip Bhoir, Harsh Mhatre, Dhaval Choraghe of Yuva Pratishthan and others.
Political commentators of Vasai Virar have said that last corporation elections of 2015 the BVA won 109 seats out of 115 with 5 for the Shiv Sena and 1 for the BJP. After that elections couldnt be conducted due to covid and then there was administrators rule.
With such a long gap and political shift in Maharashtra, this shift in Vasai Virar was expected and the BJP was likely to have its Mayor in the upcoming corporation elections.
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