<p>Former <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/mumbai-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a> MLA Ashish Deshmukh from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/nagpur-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Nagpur</a> will be joining the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/bharatiya+janata+party-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> on June 18, a source close to him told PTI.</p>
<p>Ashish Deshmukh was earlier the BJP MLA from Katol in Nagpur. He had quit BJP and joined the Congress party a few years ago.</p>
<p>Deshmukh was recently suspended from Congress.</p>
<p>"He would be joining the BJP on Sunday in the presence of Union minister Nitin Gadkari, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule," the source told PTI.</p>
<p>Ashish Deshmukh's father Ranjit Deshmukh is a former state Congress chief. He later quit the party and floated his own outfit.</p>
<p><strong>(with inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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Former Maharashtra MLA Ashish Deshmukh from Nagpur will be joining the Bharatiya Janta Party on June 18, a source close to him told PTI

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