Maharashtra: Namita Mundada leaves NCP, joins BJP

Namita Munda, NCP leer, who was given a ticket by party for upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls, joined BJP on Monday. Munda resigned from NCP after which she was inducted into saffron party in Beed district in  presence of BJP's Lok Sabha member Pritam Munde and State Minister Pankaja Munde. Namita's mor-in-law, Vimal Munda, was a former state minister from NCP.  NCP earlier this month h declared Munda as NCP's candidate from Kaij Assembly constituency in Beed for upcoming polls scheduled to be held on October 21. Munda h lost to BJP's Sangeeta Thombre during 2014 elections.

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Previous defections from NCP

Recently, leer from Konkan region and former Maharashtra minister Bhaskar Jhav h anunced at  start of September month that he will be leaving NCP and joining Shiv Sena on September 13. Jhav was previously a member of Sena but later switched to NCP. Mass defections have been taking place in NCP with political leers leaving Shar Pawar-led party to join Sena or BJP. NCP MLA Avhut Tatkare was also rumoured of joining Sena along with his uncle. In a recent development, both Congress and NCP have w chosen to field new faces, especially youngsters, against those who left party. NCP is also rey to field people who left BJP to join m in upcoming elections.

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BJP CEC to Finalise Candidates

On Sunday,  BJP Central Election Committee held a meeting to finalise  candidates for upcoming assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra. Sources claimed that BJP's seat-sharing arrangement with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra will be anunced in a couple of days. PM Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and working president JP Nda, pondered for several hours with or CEC members and leers from two states to finalise names of candidates. Both Maharashtra and Haryana are going to polls on October 21. last day for filing of mination is October 4.

(with PTI inputs)

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