In a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Solapur district of Maharashtra ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Dhairyasheel Mohite-Patil has resigned from the party and is likely to join the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), reported the PTI.

Dhairyasheel Mohite-Patil, who was the general secretary of the BJP in Solapur district, tendered his resignation in a letter dated April 10 to party's state president Chandrashekhar Bawankule citing personal reasons, as per the PTI.