Kshirsagar, who headed the Ajit Pawar-led NCP’s Beed assembly unit, had resigned a day earlier, submitting his letter to state unit president Sunil Tatkare. Sources said he felt sidelined as key policy decisions were being taken by the state general secretary and former MLA Amarsinh Pandit
NCP leader Yogesh Kshirsagar with Ajit Pawar. Pic/ X
NCP leader Yogesh Kshirsagar joined the BJP on Sunday at a function in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and state minister Pankaja Munde.
Kshirsagar, who headed the Ajit Pawar-led NCP’s Beed assembly unit, had resigned a day earlier, submitting his letter to state unit president Sunil Tatkare. Sources said he felt sidelined as key policy decisions were being taken by the state general secretary and former MLA Amarsinh Pandit, reported news agency PTI.
Kshirsagar had contested the 2024 assembly elections from Beed on an NCP ticket but lost by 5,300 votes.
According to PTI, he comes from a prominent political family: his father, Dr Bharatbhushan Kshirsagar, formerly led the Beed Municipal Council; his grandmother, the late Kesharbai Kshirsagar, was a three-term MP and also an MLA; and his uncle, Jaidatt Kshirsagar, served as an MLA four times and held ministerial posts for nearly 15 years.
Shiv Sena announces in-charge leaders for upcoming municipal council and nagar panchayat elections
For the upcoming municipal council and nagar panchayat elections, the Shiv Sena on Thursday announced the list of election in-charges. The announcement was made by the party head and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde. The party has declared in-charges for 31 districts across the state, entrusting responsibilities to Shiv Sena Ministers and Members of Parliament.
“As per Shinde’s directives, meticulous planning has been undertaken to ensure that neither the Shiv Sena nor the Mahayuti (grand alliance) suffers any setbacks in the Maharashtra local body elections,” a press release issued by the party stated on Thursday, adding that senior leaders have been assigned special responsibilities to strengthen the party organisation in every district.
These in-charges have been tasked with coordinating with local workers, conveying the party’s policies, development initiatives, and the Mahayuti government’s "pro-people schemes" to the public. The list announced today includes ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs), and legislators.
List of election in-charge leaders
Sindhudurg: MLAs Nilesh Rane and Deepak Kesarkar
Ratnagiri: Minister Uday Samant, former MLA Sadanand Chavan, Minister Yogesh Kadam, MLA Kiran Samant, former MLA Rajan Salvi
Raigad: Minister Bharat Gogawale, MLA Mahendra Thorve, MLA Mahendra Dalvi
Buldhana: Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav, MLA Sanjay Gaikwad, and former MLAs Sanjay Raymulkar and Shashikant Khedekar
Yavatmal: Minister Sanjay Rathod, former MLAs Dushyant Chaturvedi and Vishwas Nandekar
Washim: MLA Bhavanatai Gavli
Akola: Former MLAs Gopikishan Bajoria, Narayanrao Gavhankar, and Viplav Bajoria
Amravati: Abhijeet Adsul, Deputy Leader Preeti Band, former MLA Dnyaneshwar Dhane Patil, former minister Jagdish Gupta, former MLA Shashikant Deshpande
Gadchiroli: Minister Ashish Jaiswal, Ashish Desai
Chandrapur: Former MLAs Manohar Chandrikapure and Sahasram Korote, Harshal Shinde, Mukesh Jivatode
Gondia: Minister Ashish Jaiswal, MLA Narendra Bhondekar
Wardha: MLA Manisha Kayande, Raj Dixit
Nagpur: Former Minister Dr Deepak Sawant, Kripal Tumane, Kiran Pandav
Latur: MLAs Tanaji Sawant and Hemant Patil
Dharsiv: Minister Pratap Sarnaik, MLA Tanaji Sawant, former MLA Dnyanraj Chougule
Nanded: MLAs Balaji Kalyankar, Anand Bodarkar, Hemant Patil, and Baburao Kadam
Hingoli: MLA Santosh Bangar
Beed: MLAs Arjun Khotkar and Hikmat Udan
Parbhani: MLA Arjun Khotkar, Deputy Leader Anandrao Jadhav
Jalna: MLA Arjun Khotkar
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: MLA Sanjana Jadhav, MLA Vilas Bhumre, MLA Ramesh Boranare, MLA Abdul Sattar
Kolhapur: Minister Prakash Abitkar, MP Dhairyashil Mane, former MP Sanjay Mandlik
Solapur: Shahaji Bapu Patil, former MLA Siddharam Mehetre, former MLA Uttamprakash Khandare, former MLA Jaywant Rao Jagtap
Sangli: MP Dhairyashil Mane, MLA Suhas Babar
Satara: Minister Shambhuraj Desai, MLA Mahesh Shinde
Pune: MP Shrirang Barne, MLA Vijay Shivtare, MLA Sharad Sonawane
Ahilyanagar: MLA Vitthal Lange Patil, former MP Sadashiv Lokhande, MLA Amol Khatal, former MLA Bhausaheb Kamble
Dhule: MLA Manjula Gavit
Nandurbar: MLA Amshya Padvi, MLA Chandrakant Raghuwanshi, former MLA Girish Choudhary
Jalgaon: Minister Gulabrao Patil, MLA Kishor Appa Patil, MLA Chandrakant Sonawane, MLA Amol Patil, MLA Chandrakant Patil, former MLA Girish Choudhary
Nashik: MLA Suhas Kande, MLA Kishor Darade, former MLA Dhanraj Mhalse, former MP Hemant Godse, Deputy Leader Vijay Karanjkar.
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