Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, on Saturday joined the Nationalist Congress Celebration, a significant increase to the Ajit Pawar-led occasion forward of the Lok Sabha elections.
He was welcomed into the occasion fold by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and high NCP leaders, together with the occasion working president Praful Patel and state unit president Sunil Tatkare.
Mr. Siddique had give up the Congress earlier this week.
Talking on the event, Siddique acknowledged the position of late Congress MP Sunil Dutt in his political profession.
Siddique stated he had consulted his MLA son Zeeshan Siddique and former Congress MP Priya Dutt earlier than crossing over to the NCP.
A outstanding Muslim face of the Mumbai Congress, Siddique had additionally served as a minister when the Congress-NCP coalition was in energy in Maharashtra.
Talking on the occasion, Pawar stated, “We have not abandoned the Shahu-Phule-Ambedkar ideology and we are (of) secular (mindset)”.
The NCP, led by Ajit Pawar, is a constituent of the Shiv Sena-led Mahayuti authorities, additionally comprising the BJP.
Though the NCP has joined the NDA, it has not abandoned any of the beliefs espoused by the occasion, Patel stated.
The Siddique senior on Thursday declared his resolution to finish his 48-year-old affiliation with the Grand Outdated Celebration.
“I joined the Indian National Congress party as a young teenager and it has been a significant journey lasting 48 years. Today I resign from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress Party @INCIndia with immediate effect,” he said.
In the course of the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak, he earned a lot reward for arranging extremely sought-after medicines for needy sufferers.
The senior politician can be identified for organising grand ‘Iftar’ events that are attended by high Bollywood stars.
His son Zeeshan Siddique is at the moment a Congress MLA from Bandra (East). He’s nonetheless with Congress.
Nevertheless, earlier than the senior Siddique joined the NCP, Pawar and different leaders of the occasion met at Zeeshan’s workplace.