"I am happy to be in NCP, it's like a homecoming for me. I had the opportunity to work with Pawar sahab in the most difficult times," PC Chacko said after joining the NCP.
PC Chacko resigned from the Congress just last week, alleging discrepancies in deciding party candidates for the coming assembly elections in Kerala.
The Congress veteran from Kerala, and a crucial figure in Lutyens’ Delhi, not only called it quits just days ahead of the assembly elections, but also questioned the existence of democracy in the party.
Chacko was reportedly was miffed over ticket distribution in his home state Kerala which is going to polls on April 6.
The programme, organised at Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) office ostensibly as a Diwali get-together, was aimed at presenting a united face of the party ahead of the Assembly elections to be held in a few months from now.
The rift within Delhi Congress widened on Saturday with one of the factions demanding disciplinary action against leaders who had demanded the removal of the party's national capital unit in-charge P C Chacko.
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