Congress leader and former minister Virendra Bakshi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Sunday in the presence of party president Amit Shah.
Maharashtra, meanwhile, is now under President's rule following the resignation of Prithviraj Chavan as state Chief Minister due to the breakup of the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance.
On Thursday, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) broke its alliance with the Congress ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra, blaming their erstwhile allies of not being on the same page as far as the allocation of seats in the state was concerned.
The NCP's announcement came minutes after the BJP ended its 25-year alliance with the Shiv Sena.
Earlier on Friday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan submitted his resignation to Governor C.V. Rao, after his Congress Party snapped its ties with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Chavan served as Maharashtra Chief Minister for a little less than four years.
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