The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) decision to welcome independent MP Navneet Rana into the party fold and nominate her for the Amravati Lok Sabha constituency has stirred discontent among some ruling allies in Maharashtra. Describing the move as a “threat to democracy” and “political misstep,” dissenting voices within the coalition express concern. Navneet Rana, the current representative of the Amravati constituency, officially joined the BJP at the residence of the party’s State unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule in Nagpur, accompanied by her supporters, on March 27.