Chhattrapati Sambhajinagar, July 27 -- In a significant political shift, former Maharashtra minister and Congress party's Parbhani district president, Suresh Warpudkar, is poised to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on July 29, according to a source.
This move is likelyt to deal another major blow to the state Congress, already reeling from a series of high-profile defections in recent months.
Warpudkar, a prominent figure in Parbhani district politics for decades, becomes the latest Congress leader to cross over to the BJP. The 73-year-old veteran politician has served multiple terms as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing the Pathri constituency and previously held the position of Member of Parliament (MP) from Pa...