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Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant connected Friday (May 15, 2026) said erstwhile Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) person Anand Paranjpe was inducted into the Shiv Sena to halt him from joining immoderate Opposition party, and added that the Sunetra Pawar-led enactment was kept successful the loop astir his induction to debar immoderate misunderstanding with it.
Mr. Paranjpe connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) resigned from the NCP helmed by Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, and aboriginal joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Both the NCP and the Shiv Sena are portion of the ruling Mahayuti successful Maharashtra on with the BJP.
Addressing a property league connected Friday (May 15, 2026), Mr. Samant said Mr. Paranjpe, a two-time MP who represented the Shiv Sena from Thane and Kalyan Lok Sabha constituencies, was inducted into the Shiv Sena to guarantee that helium does not participate immoderate Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) party. "We were of the sentiment that Anand Paranjpe should not participate immoderate MVA party," the Shiv Sena person said.
"When we decided to induct Mr. Paranjpe into Shiv Sena, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tried to telephone NCP president Sunetra Pawar, but she was successful an lawsuit and they could not speech immediately," helium said.
“After that the enactment tried to interaction NCP MP Parth Pawar, but could not get done to him. Then, his younger member Jay Pawar was contacted and helium was informed astir the Mr. Paranjpe's induction into the Shiv Sena,” the Minister added.
"The NCP leaders were informed due to the fact that we did not privation immoderate misunderstanding wrong the Mahayuti,," Mr. Samant noted.
Mr. Paranjpe, lad of seasoned Shiv Sena person precocious Prakash Paranjpe, had discontinue the Shiv Sena successful 2012 and joined the NCP. He sided with precocious Ajit Pawar aft the second joined the Mahayuti authorities successful July 2023, which besides led to a divided wrong the NCP.
Mr. Paranjpe had won the Thane Lok Sabha constituency by-election successful 2008 arsenic a Shiv Sena campaigner pursuing his father's death. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, helium was elected from the Kalyan spot successful the territory from the party.
He, however, mislaid the 2014 Lok Sabha predetermination from Kalyan to undivided Shiv Sena's Shrikant Shinde. Mr. Paranjpe had been reportedly disgruntled aft helium failed to get candidature from the NCP for an MLC seat.
