NASHIK: Former MLA Balasaheb Sanap rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of the Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadvnavis and the party’s State President Chandrakant Patil on Monday. Sanap was in the BJP earlier, then he joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and later joined the Shiv Sena.
“For the past 30 to 35 years, I have been in politics, working, and have joined many workers in the party. Fadvanis and Chandrakant Patil also told me to return. Now I am happy to join BJP in the presence of Fadvanis Ji and Dada. I will keep working for the party.” Sanap said. Fadvanis said that many leaders will join BJP in the coming days. “It is a very happy moment for us that he returned to BJP. I welcome him. Balasaheb Sanap had played an important role in winning Nashik. If any issues come again, we will resolve them. Now it is time to make the party stronger. Many leaders will join BJP in the coming days. All the MLAs of BJP are intact. Everyone knows that the country’s future is not Rahul Gandhi, and the future is Narendra Modi,” he said.
“They came in power by cheating, so they won’t serve and have no future though they may be strong as they all together. We will have to plan to win on our own in the state, there are many states where BJP is ruling, and in coming days many good people will join BJP,” the former Chief Minister said. BJP State President Chandrakant Patil gave an assurance to Sanap that what happened to him in the past; won’t happen again.
“Balasaheb Sanap quit BJP due to some reasons, and now he has rejoined BJP. Even Sanap was feeling somewhere that he should rejoin BJP, and he has joined today.
“We are happy with his decision. I assure Balasaheb Sanap that what happened in the past to him won’t happen again. After talking to others, we will give him some important responsibility in state politics,” he said.
It has been planned to give the responsibility of state vice president to Sanap. In addition, he has reportedly been given the responsibility to bring BJP back to power during the forthcoming Nashik Municipal Corporation elections.
