In Mumbai North, Piyush Goyal challenges 'outsider' tag against 'bhoomi putra' Bhushan Patil

In Mumbai North, Piyush Goyal challenges 'outsider' tag against 'bhoomi putra' Bhushan Patil

As BJP leader Piyush Goyal faces the challenge of overcoming the outsider tag, Congress's Bhushan Patil is riding on the badge of being a bhoomi putra (son of the soil) in Mumbai North seat. Goyal is pitted in a straight fight with Patil for the May 20 election.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut and Congress leader Varsha Gaikwad called Goyal an "outsider" earlier this month. Slamming the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi for labelling him as an outsider, Goyal said, There can be nobody more Mumbaikar than me.

"That is a very ridiculous argument. Not even worth responding to. I am a born Mumbaikar. Lived in Mumbai all my life, worked in Mumbai all my life," Goyal told