India, Jan. 20 -- In another setback for the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP), Raje Samarjeetsinh Ghatge, a descendant of Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, is set to rejoin the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), sources close to him said on Monday.

Ghatge, who had joined the NCP (SP) ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections in August 2024, is learnt to have decided to return to the BJP after a little over a year in the party. People close to him confirmed the development.

A political rival of Maharashtra medical education minister Hasan Mushrif, Ghatge had quit the BJP after the Kagal Assembly seat went to the Ajit Pawar-led NCP under the Mahayuti alliance's seat-sharing arrangement. He subsequently joined the NCP (SP) and contested the 2024 elections ...