"Back Home": Ashok Chavan's Brother-In-Law And Ex-MP Rejoins Congress

Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar, a three-time former Lok Sabha MP from Nanded district, rejoined the Congress, where he had spent several years before switching sides, in the presence of MPCC president Nana Patole and senior leader Amit Deshmukh.

In a setback to BJP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Chavan, his brother-in-law and former MP Bhaskarrao Patil Khatgaonkar on Friday returned to the Congress fold after quitting the saffron party in Maharashtra ahead of the assembly polls.

Bhaskarrao Khatgaonkar, a three-time former Lok Sabha MP from Nanded district, rejoined the Congress, where he had spent several years before switching sides, in the presence of MPCC president Nana Patole and senior leader Amit Deshmukh.

The veteran politician is the brother-in-law of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who quit the Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in February this year.