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BJP Inducts Key PWP Leaders Before Local Polls
Hindustan Times Mumbai
|April 17, 2025
With one eye on the upcoming local body polls, the BJP is going all out to expand its base in Mumbai and cities in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) by pilfering from other parties.
MUMBAI: After paving the way in Vasai-Virar, the party has inducted key Peasants And Workers Party (PWP) leaders in Raigad in the hope of a fortified political impact in this region as well. Back in Mumbai, it has decided to go aggressive on the ground and induct youngsters at the organisational level.
Subhash alias Pandit Patil, and Aswad Patil, brother and nephew of PWP leader Jayant Patil, joined the BJP on Wednesday along other district-level leaders, including six former district council chiefs, seven council members and two district bank directors. This is being seen as the BJP's move to gain politically in Raigad where the party has poor representation in local bodies - of the seven MLAs in the district, three are from BJP. Subhash is a former MLA while Aswad is a former district council president.
This story is from the April 17, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Mumbai.
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