Mangaluru: Former Mangalore City Corporation Mayor and Congress leader Kavita Sanil officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra at a program held in Bantwal on Saturday.

“I have joined the BJP after accepting the ideology and principles of the party,” informed Sanil.

She further said that, “the country needs the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that to strengthen his hands I have joined the BJP.”

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Pune (PTI): NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, admitted to a hospital here with dehydration, was discharged on Wednesday morning, with doctors saying he is doing fine.

The 85-year-old Rajya Sabha member was admitted to the Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune on Sunday following complaints of dehydration.

"He is doing well. He has been given discharge, and he has already left for Mumbai. He has been advised to take rest for the next couple of days before resuming his normal routine," said Dr Purvez Grant, the chief cardiologist, chairman and managing trustee of the private hospital.

Earlier, the former Union minister was admitted to the same hospital on February 9 following a chest infection and was discharged on February 14.