Maharashtra: Criminal lawyer Majeed Memon quits NCP for ‘personal reasons’

MUMBAI: Leading criminal lawyer Majeed Memon on Friday quit the NCP for personal reasons. “My gratitude to NCP chief Sharad Pawar for giving me honor and invaluable guidance during my 16 years with NCP. For personal reasons, I cease to be a member of NCP with immediate effect. My best wishes always with Pawar saheb and the party,” Memon tweeted.

Memon was NCP RS member from 2014 to 2020. Memon is not alone, in the recent past, many NCP leaders, including former state NCP presidents Madhukar Pichad and Babanrao Pachpute and former minister Vijay Kumar Gavit, who is minister in the Eknath Shinde government, quit the NCP to join the BJP.