By: Express News Service Mumbai | August 8, 2025 00:20 IST 2 min readBabajani DurraniThree-time legislator from Parbhani district and NCP (SP) leader Babajani Durrani on Thursday joined the Congress in the presence of Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal and former minister Amit Deshmukh at the party headquarters Tilak Bhavan. Along with Durrani, a former mayor of Parbhani, former corporator, director of the district bank, chairman of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee, and several workers joined the Congress.The move comes days after former Congress MLA Suresh Warpudkar, also from Parbhani district in Marathwada region, joined the BJP.Speaking on the occasion, Sapkal said the DNA of India and the Congress is the same. “There is currently chaos in the country and the state, the country is being controlled by a single industrialist, while in Maharashtra there is a tussle between the chief minister and deputy chief minister. This calls for saving ‘Maharashtra Dharma’ and Babajani Durrani has chosen the idea of uniting the country and saving ‘Maharashtra Dharma’,” he said.Deshmukh said Durrani’s entry into the Congress means the party has a bright future in Marathwada. Durrani said minorities, OBCs and backward classes are not safe in the BJP-led coalition government. “The Congress embraces all castes and religions and in future, Congress and BJP will be the only two parties in the country,” Durrani said.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Congress