<p>Raje Samarjeetsinh Ghatge, a BJP leader from Kolhapur district, on Tuesday joined the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/nationalist-congress-party-articles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party</a> (SP).</p>
<p>He joined the party in Sharad Pawar&rsquo;s presence at a public meeting in Kagal, 20 km from Kolhapur. Ghatge had announced last month that he would be joining the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) in the interest of the Kagal-Gadhinglaj area.</p>
<p>He was <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Maharashtra-Assembly-Polls-articles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">keen on contesting the coming assembly elections</a> from Kagal on BJP ticket, but as the seat is represented by state minister Hasan Mushrif, a leader of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, Ghage chose to cross over to the rival NCP, sources said.</p><p>
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He joined the party in Sharad Pawar’s presence at a public meeting in Kagal, 20 km from Kolhapur

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