MUMBAI: BJP on Tuesday inducted former Shiv Sena (UBT) Nashik unit chief Sudhakar Badgujar, whom it had accused of partying with 1993 bomb blasts case convict Salim Kutta of the Dawood gang, into the celebration. After BJP’s allegations in 2023, Devendra Fadnavis as then deputy CM had introduced a SIT probe into Badgujar’s alleged gangland hyperlinks, experiences Clara Lewis.Badgujar’s alleged hyperlinks with Kutta had been raised within the legislative meeting by BJP’s Nitesh Rane, who demanded his arrest and submitted pictures of Badgujar partying with Kutta. Shiv Sena’s Dada Bhuse additionally raised the difficulty. Weeks in the past, Shiv Sena (UBT) expelled Badgujar as phrase unfold he could be part of BJP. Two weeks in the past, Badgujar met Fadnavis.Curiously, BJP state president Chandrashekar Bawankule initially claimed ignorance about Badjugar becoming a member of BJP, saying he was “not conscious”. Nevertheless, when Badgujar arrived along with his supporters at BJP state headquarters in Mumbai at round 3.30pm, he was welcomed by Bawankule,state BJP govt president Ravindra Chavan and cupboard minister Girish Mahajan.Former Shiv Sena-BJP govt minister Babanrao Gholap additionally joined BJP with Badgujar. Since hypothesis started about Badgujar’s induction, BJP’s Nashik unit voiced unhappiness. Nashik unit president Sunil Kedar, who opposed his entry, attended Tuesday’s occasion, however Nashik West BJP MLA Seema Hiray, whom Badgujar had contested towards, stayed away.Bawankule stated each entry into the BJP is for growth. Chavan stated the belief that they had positioned within the BJP wouldn’t be misplaced. In the meantime, 4 former UBT Sena corporators from Nashik joined Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena on Tuesday.Inputs from Abhilash Botekar in Nashik