Baba Siddique’s joined the NCP at present.
Former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique joined Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Occasion this night, days after quitting the Congress. He launched a pointy assault on his earlier celebration after becoming a member of the NCP: “My situation within the Congress was how curry leaves are used to reinforce the style of meals. I used to be handled like that within the Congress Occasion.”
Mr Siddique dealt a extreme blow to the Congress – of which he was part of for the final 48 years – when he introduced his choice to resign from the celebration on Thursday, saying “Some selections are painful, however they must be taken.” He was a outstanding Muslim face of the Mumbai Congress and served as a minister when the Congress-NCP coalition was in energy in Maharashtra.
The 66-year-old is the second senior Mumbai Congress chief to depart the celebration within the final one month after former Union Minister Milind Deora joined the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in January.
He had already made up his thoughts to go along with Ajit Pawar’s celebration when he determined to stop the grand previous celebration. “I’ll go along with the Ajit Pawar group. My journey might be from Congress to Nationalist Congress Occasion,” he mentioned quickly after saying his large choice on X.
Mr Siddique mentioned at present that he “met with Praful Patel a couple of days in the past after which it was determined that I’ve to work within the NCP beneath the management of Ajit Pawar”. Former Union Minister Praful Patel is a detailed aide of Ajit Pawar and is presently the working president of NCP.
In his parting phrases to the Congress, he mentioned, “I joined the Indian Nationwide Congress celebration as a younger teenager and it has been a big journey lasting 48 years. As we speak I resign from the first membership of the Indian Nationwide Congress Occasion with quick impact”.
“There’s so much I’d have preferred to specific however as they are saying some issues are higher left unsaid. I thank everybody who has been part of this journey,” his submit on X learn.
I joined the Indian Nationwide Congress celebration as a younger teenager and it has been a big journey lasting 48 years. As we speak I resign from the first membership of the Indian Nationwide Congress Occasion @INCIndia with quick impact. There’s so much I’d have preferred to specific…
— Baba Siddique (@BabaSiddique) February 8, 2024
The event comes after the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP – a part of the ruling coalition in Maharashtra – recognised as the true NCP by the Election Fee earlier this week. The ballot physique’s choice ended months of hypothesis over the factional struggle together with his uncle – additionally the founding father of NCP – Sharad Pawar.
Baba Siddique’s son Zeeshan is a Congress MLA from Bandra (East) in Mumbai. “He’ll take his personal name,” mentioned Mr Siddique when requested if his son would observe his footsteps.
The politician can be recognized for his grand Iftar events that are attended by high Bollywood stars like Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan.
