Mumbai: Archana Patil Chakurkar, daughter-in-law of senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, joined the BJP on Saturday. He was given membership of BJP by State BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
He had met Fadnavis a day earlier and expressed his desire to join BJP. Shivraj Patil has represented Latur Lok Sabha seat seven times.