Days ahead of Assembly polls in Maharashtra, former Chief Minister Narayan Rane’s son Nitesh Rane formally joined the ruling saffron party – Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday. He is likely to be fielded from Kankavali assembly seat.
Rane joined the BJP in Sindudarg district of Maharashtra in presence of top saffron leaders including district president Pramod Jathar, whom he had defeated as a Congress candidate in 2014.
The state goes to polls on October 21 and the results will be declared on October 24.
The ruling BJP had on Tuesday declared its first list of 125 candidates for the October 21 assembly election, including names of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and state unit president Chandrakant Patil, but high-profile figures Eknath Khadse and Vindo Tawde missing from it.
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