NCP leader Namita Mundada, who obtained party ticket to contest from Kaij joined the BJP on Monday with Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) leader Gopichand Padalkar and Congress MLA Kashiram Pawara.
In the presence of BJP's Lok Sabha member Pritam Munde and state minister Pankaja Munde, Mundada joined the saffron fold in Beed district. Her candidature from Kaij's Beed seat was announced earlier this month by NCP Chief Sharad Pawar for the October 21 Assembly elections.
