<p>A Solapur-based politician Dhavalsinh Mohite-Patil - who recently shot a man-eating leopard on the prowl, joined Congress on Thursday.</p>.<p>The leopard was found moving in Solapur, Ahmednagar, Beed, Aurangabad and Pune districts.</p>.<p>The forest department hired the services of trained shooters Harshwardhan Tavare and Dhavalsinh</p>.<p>His grandfather, Shankarrao Mohite-Patil, played a leading role in the state's cooperative movement.</p>.<p>His father Pratapsinh Mohite-Patil was a minister in the erstwhile Shiv Sena-BJP government, while his uncle Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil had been a minister in the Congress-NCP Democratic Front government and also served as deputy chief minister.</p>.<p>Vijaysinh's son and Dhavalsinh's cousin Ranjitsinh is a former NCP MP and now a BJP MLC.</p>.<p>He was welcomed into Congress by state president and revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat.</p>
<p>A Solapur-based politician Dhavalsinh Mohite-Patil - who recently shot a man-eating leopard on the prowl, joined Congress on Thursday.</p>.<p>The leopard was found moving in Solapur, Ahmednagar, Beed, Aurangabad and Pune districts.</p>.<p>The forest department hired the services of trained shooters Harshwardhan Tavare and Dhavalsinh</p>.<p>His grandfather, Shankarrao Mohite-Patil, played a leading role in the state's cooperative movement.</p>.<p>His father Pratapsinh Mohite-Patil was a minister in the erstwhile Shiv Sena-BJP government, while his uncle Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil had been a minister in the Congress-NCP Democratic Front government and also served as deputy chief minister.</p>.<p>Vijaysinh's son and Dhavalsinh's cousin Ranjitsinh is a former NCP MP and now a BJP MLC.</p>.<p>He was welcomed into Congress by state president and revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat.</p>
