Union minister Raosaheb Danve said the Bharatiya Janata party uses a special washing powder from Gujarat to wash leaders from other parties before they are taken into the BJP.

BJP has a washing machine. Before taking anyone in the party, we wash them in the machine. We have the Nirma powder of Gujarat, the Union minister said at an event in Maharashtra on Thursday.

Union Minister Raosaheb Danve Patil in Jalna, Maharashtra: BJP has a washing machine. Before taking anyone in the party, we wash them in the machine. We have the Nirma powder of Gujarat. (28.08.19) pic.twitter.com/WwGHvhEhbu ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2019

Union minister Raosaheb Danve made the remark while countering allegations of the BJP taking in tainted Congress, NCP leaders into the party fold.

Every leader is washed properly in this washing machine before giving entry in the BJP, Raosaheb Danve.

Ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra, the BJP has been in an 'incoming' mode. More than a dozen leaders from the Congress and NCP have deserted their respective parties to join the BJP.

NCP and Congress have also hit out at the BJP and accused them of threatening their leaders with action by investigating agencies like ED to force them to leave their party

Reacting on this allegation, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadanvis had said Congress and NCP leaders with cases of corruption registered against them will not be taken by the BJP.

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