Mumbai: Former Leader of Opposition BMC, Ravi Raja resigned from the Congress party and formally joined the BJP on Thursday in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Mumbai BJP President Ashish Shelar.
Raja said that his 44 years of service to the party was not recognized despite his future ticket request. Maharashtra Assembly ElectionsThe party chose the candidate. Sion Koliwada No prior experience as an elected representative. Raja said that I have been corporator for five times and was entitled to ticket in this election.
He told TOI that he will join the BJP this afternoon.
Raja was first elected as corporator in 1992 and was re-elected continuously thereafter, except from 2012 to 2017, when the ward was reserved for a woman candidate. As a first-generation politician, he mentioned that he worked for the party all these years without any expectations. However, in this assembly election, he felt that he was worthy of fighting.
was nominated by the Congress. Ganesh Kumar Yadav As a candidate from Sivan Koliwada for this election. Yadav was also the party's candidate in the last elections but was defeated by the BJP. Tamil Selvan By 13,951 votes.