MUMBAI: Archana Patil, the daughter-in-law of senior Congress leader and former Union home minister Shivraj Patil joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.She joined the BJP in the presence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and the BJP’s state unit president Chandrashekhar Bawankule in Mumbai.Shivraj Patil, who hails from Latur in Marathwada region of Maharashtra, was Union home minister during the UPA-I government, but stepped down in the wake of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.Prior to that, he had also served as the Lok Sabha Speaker.
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