The actor said that he has joined the party for development as he would like to work for art, culture and cinema and would accept any responsibility given by the party.
The NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar, the new name of the Sharad Pawar-led group, had filed a disqualification petition against Patel under Section 2(a) of the Tenth Schedule, which provides for disqualification on grounds of defection.
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ganpat Gaikwad allegedly opened fire at Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) faction leader Mahesh Gaikwad. The incident reportedly took place on Friday night at Hill Line Police Station in Ulhasnagar.
Maharashtra BJP legislator Ganpat Gaikwad has alleged that he fired at an ally Shiv Sena leader in self-defence and he has "no regrets" since they were beating his son inside the police station. He has been arrested.