Accusing the congress of "deviating" from its ideologies and
traditions and launching a scathing attack on Chhattisgarh chief
minister Ajit Jogi, veteran party leader V C Shukla joined NCP on
April 11 2003 .

Welcoming Shukla, a nine-time Lok Sabha MP who resigned from
Congress, into the party-fold, Pawar said that his (Shukla's) joining
NCP would give a new dimension to Chhattishgarh politics.

Describing the senior Congress leader as an able "parliamentarian and
administrator", Pawar told that Shukla would be the new chief of the
Chhattisgarh unit of NCP.

Congradulations to V C Shukla on behalf of NCP IT Cell

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