The Bharatiya Janata Party`s (BJP) decision to bring independent MP Navneet Rana into the party fold and nominate her as the candidate for the Amravati constituency for Lok Sabha Elections 2024 has sparked criticism from some allies in Maharashtra. Some ruling constituents have characterised the move as a "downfall of democracy" and "political suicide".

According to a report in PTI, Rana, the incumbent Amravati Lok Sabha representative, officially joined the BJP late Wednesday at the residence of the party`s state unit president, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, in Nagpur ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Following her admission, the BJP`s Central Election Committee announced her candidature for the Amravati seat, with Bawankule promising to file her nomination on April 4.