New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- Giving a major boost to the BJP ahead of crucial assembly polls in Maharashtra, a key NCP leader from Satara region and a direct descendant of Shivaji Maharaj, Udayanraje Bhosale on Saturday joined BJP here in presence of party chief Amit Shah and state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

"I have decided to join BJP impressed by the leadership and good works of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief and Home Minister Amit Shah," Bhosale told reporters.

He especially lauded the BJP-led NDA regime's decision to take concrete steps in Jammu and Kashmir by abrogating Article 370.

Bhosale earlier called on Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and tendered his resignation as member of the lower House of Parliament from Satara....