Mumbai: Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) leaders cross over to BJP; Mahesh Patil among new joinees

In Vasai-Virar, the BJP gains ground as numerous leaders from the Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA), including former corporator Mahesh Patil and slum cell heads, defected to the BJP. This shift follows the BVA’s defeat in recent assembly elections and signals a potential change in the region’s political landscape.