In a setback to Uddhav Thackeray led Shiv Sena, two former corporators of Shiv Sena's Thackeray faction in Magathane joined Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena on Monday.
Party admissions, which were stopped due to the hype of the Lok Sabha elections, have started once again. Shinde's Shiv Sena is trying to get former corporators from Shiv Sena's Thackeray faction. Party entry is likely to accelerate ahead of assembly elections.
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Former corporator Riddhi Khursunge and her husband Bhaskar Khursunge from Ward No. 11 in Magathane, as well as Geeta Singhan, former corporator from Ward No. 12, joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday.
At this time, along with him, many of his workers also joined the Shiv Sena. Chief Minister Shinde welcomed all of them to the party and wished them all the best for their future social and political progress.
After the split in the Shiv Sena, former corporators of the Thackeray group in Mumbai have joined Shinde's Shiv Sena one by one. So far, more than 30 former corporators have quit Thackeray's Shiv Sena.