In its effort to cash in on the legacy of its recently departed senior leader Gopinath Munde, Maharashtra BJP on Thursday inducted his daughter and MlA Pankaja Munde in the core committee to facilitate her to play a major role in the state politics ahead of the Assembly polls.
In the first such meeting held after the untimely demise of Munde in a road accident in New Delhi on June, the state BJP decided to induct Pankaja in place of her father in the party's state core committee.Talking to mediapersons after the meeting, State BJP president Devendra Fadnavis said: “Gopinath Munde used to be the part of the core committee earlier. Now that Munde is longer with us, we have decided to induct his daughter Pankaja Palve Munde in his place. Through this induction, she will play a major role in the party affairs in the State”.