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Chief Minister Shinde welcomed Nirupam into the Sena at a perform (From:ANI)
Nirupam will work as Shiv Sena deputy chief and spokesperson, Shinde introduced
Former Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Friday joined the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde right here.
The previous Mumbai MP’s political journey, thus, got here a full circle as he had left the undivided Shiv Sena, then led by Bal Thackeray, 19 years in the past.
Chief Minister Shinde welcomed Nirupam — whom Congress had expelled for “anti-party actions” final month — into the Sena at a perform. Nirupam will work as Shiv Sena deputy chief and spokesperson, Shinde introduced.
Notably, the Shiv Sena has quite a few `deputy leaders’.
Nirupam, 59, started his political profession as editor of `Dophar Ka Saamana’, the Hindi mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena, within the Nineties, and have become the get together’s North Indian face.
He joined Congress in 2005 and was appointed normal secretary of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. He gained the Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat within the 2009 elections, defeating BJP veteran Ram Naik. He held numerous positions within the Grand Previous Social gathering and in addition headed town unit earlier than falling out with the state Congress management.
After the 2019 Maharashtra meeting elections, Nirupam had opposed the formation of the Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising Congress, NCP and the undivided Shiv Sena headed by Uddhav Thackeray.
Congress expelled him final month for six years for “indiscipline and anti-party statements” days after he gave a “one-week ultimatum” to the get together over the Mumbai North-West seat which he was eyeing. As a part of the seat-sharing settlement of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the seat is being contested by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT).
Talking after Nirupam’s entry into the Shiv Sena, Chief Minister Shinde famous that Bal Thackeray had despatched him to the Rajya Sabha twice, and his work on the nationwide degree had enhanced the Sena’s status.
“Immediately, he has returned dwelling,” Shinde mentioned, including that Nirupam’s entry will profit the candidates of the Shiv Sena-BJP-NCP alliance within the Mumbai-Thane area, and he can even work to rally the North Indian inhabitants behind the get together.
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