01-07-2009, 02:06 AM
<b>Former Shiv Sena state chief joins BJP</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jamshedpur, Jan 6 : Septuagenarian leader and former MLA Deenanath Pandey, who recently quit the post of state head of Shiv Sena due to the anti-north Indian remarks of party supremo Bala Saheb Thackeray, has joined the BJP.
Mr Pandey, who was with the Shiv Sena for more than a decade, joined the BJP in a fuction here yesterday.
The veteran leader, who is popularly known as 'old lion' in the political circles of Jharkhand, termed his joining the BJP as 'home coming'.
He had left the BJP in 1995 after being denied the party ticket, despite being a sitting MLA from Jamshedpur East, which he had represented thrice. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Mr Pandey, who was with the Shiv Sena for more than a decade, joined the BJP in a fuction here yesterday.
The veteran leader, who is popularly known as 'old lion' in the political circles of Jharkhand, termed his joining the BJP as 'home coming'.
He had left the BJP in 1995 after being denied the party ticket, despite being a sitting MLA from Jamshedpur East, which he had represented thrice. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->