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Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique on Saturday joined NCP in the presence of party chief and Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, in Mumbai..
The former minister was associated with the grand old party for nearly five decades...
He did not cite any reason for his decision to quit the Congress though he said that there is a lot to express but some things are better left unsaid, in an apparent dig at the party...
His announcement comes days after the Election Commission of India recognised the Ajit Pawar faction as the real National Congress Party (NCP)...
Siddique in a post on X said, I joined the Indian National Congress party as a young teenager and it has been a significant journey lasting 48 years..
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