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Senior Shiv Sena politician Vitthal Thamaji Mali, a former vice-president of the Kopargaon Co-operative Sugar Factory, joined the Congress on Thursday.
Mali said he would work to strengthen the Congress to fight casteist forces.
Mali, a senior politician of the Mali community in Maharashtra, was a close associate of Union Minister of State for Finance Eknath 'Balasaheb' Vikhe-Patil.
PTI
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