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Mumbai:With her statesman father-in-law and husband loyal members of the Congress party, it was perhaps only a matter of time before doctor and social worker Archana Patil stepped into the political arena...
However, the Latur entrepreneurs the daughter-in-law of senior Congress leader Shivraj Patil, a former Union home minister and Lok Sabha Speaker choice of party was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which she joined Saturday...
While it was a tough call to join an ideology that was eyeball-to-eyeball with the Congress, Patil said the difference was made by the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
The doctor who devotes herself more to social work in Latur district, which is part of the Marathwada region said she did like the Congresss national leadership but did not find any elbow room to grow in the state...
I hope she will take that legacy forward, he said.. Patils induction ahead of the general elections will also help the BJP expand its footprint in the Congresss stronghold of Latur..
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