Mumbai: In an enormous strike to Congress upfront of the Maharashtra organising political elections, Mumbai Congress chief, very long time corporator and chief of resistance within the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Ravi Raja left the Congress celebration and signed up with the BJP onThursday Upset over celebration administration for rejecting ticket from Sion Koliwada constituency regardless of striving for a number of years, Raja revealed on Wednesday that he’s leaving the celebration.
On Thursday he formally signed up with the BJP in existence of Dy CENTIMETERS Devendra Fadnavis and Mumbai BJP President, MLAAshish Shelar As rapidly as he signed up with the celebration, Raja was chosen because the Mumbai BJPVice President “Raja is a learned, hardworking leader. He has record of serving on Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) committee for 23 long years, he has served as the opposition leader in BMC. We are glad such a senior leader is joining us,” Fadnavis said.
Raja, a five-time corporator, desired the Congress ticket to object to the organising political elections from the Sion Koliwada constituency. However, the celebration excessive command ignored his case, regardless of various aged Congress leaders of the state backing him. The Congress renominated Ganesh Yadav though he shed to Capt Tamil Selvan of the BJP by a margin of over 14,000 enact the 2019 organising surveys.
Capt Tamil Sevlan, the resting MLA from Sion Koliwada that has truly been renominated by the BJP, was likewise current when Raja signed up with the celebration. Along with Ravi Raja, his various followers likewise signed up with BJP.
Raja is widespread in Sion Koliwada and his giving up the Congress will definitely deteriorate the celebration’s help base notably amongst Tamil and Marathi residents. Raja’s signing up with the BJP is particular to enhance the leads of Capt Selvan, that was coping with anti-incumbency issues.
