THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Mumbai, March 20: Archana Patil Chakurkar, the daughter-in-law of former Lok Sabha Speaker and senior Congress leader Shivraj Patil, joined the BJP on Saturday in the presence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis and state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule.
From 2004 until 2008, Shivraj Patil was Union Home Minister in the UPA government led by the Congress party.
Archana Patil serves as the chairperson of the Lifecare Hospital and Research Centre in Udgir, while her husband, Shailesh Patil Chandurkar, holds the position of state secretary within the Congress party.
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Archana Patil cites PM Modi’s initiatives and BJP’s ideology as motivation
“I have joined BJP to work in the political sphere. I was greatly influenced by the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam brought by PM Modi. It gives equal opportunity to women,” Archana Patil stated after joining the BJP.
“I have worked at the grassroots level in Latur, and I will work at the grassroots level with the BJP also. I was never officially in the Congress. I joined the BJP because its ideology has a great influence on me,” she added.
On Friday, Chakurkar met Fadnavis at his official residence in south Mumbai and today she joined the BJP.
