Son did not consult me before joining BJP: Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

March 14, 2019 14:19

Congress leader and Maharashtra Leader of Opposition in the assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on his son's defection to the BJP: "Sujay did not consult me before joining the BJP. About my resignation from the post of Leader of Opposition, I would say that I will follow whatever my party leadership asks me to do."

On the Cong-NCP alliance: "Sharad Pawar made a statement against my father which shows that he has no respect for me or my family. So there is no question of me going to campaign for NCP candidate in Ahmednagar. I won't campaign for anyone else either. "

Pawar recently alluded to how he ensured the defeat of Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (in an election in early 1990s) and that he also remembered the lawsuit the late Congress leader filed against him. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is son of Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, a former Union minister.

His son Sujay Vikhe Patil, a neurosurgeon, on Tuesday joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who said he will recommend his name for the Ahmednagar LS seat to BJP leadership.

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