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Major Setback for Shiv Sena, two of its leaders join BJP
- by Webdesk
- 03 Dec 2016
It seems the political poaching scenario in Mumbai has started, with the BJP inducting two Shiv Sena leaders here on Friday. Former Sena legislator Suresh Gambhir and sitting BEST committee member Sunil Ganacharya were inducted into the BJP in presence of city BJP chief, Ashish Shelar.
A close associate of Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray and four-time MLA from Mahim, Gambhir joined the BJP with several local Sena activists, including his daughter Minal Desai. With Gambhir’s entry, the saffron party hopes to make its presence felt in the Sena’s bastion of Dadar.
Party sources said Minal may be fighting the BMC polls on a BJP ticket.
Many feel that even if both the parties work out an alliance before the civic polls, Gambhir’s presence with the BJP would help the party while demanding seats to contest in the Dadar-Mahim area.
While the BJP has not contested from the region in the recent past, it is learnt that Shelar is keen on making the BJP’s presence felt this time around.
Over the last few months, there has been intense completion between the Sena and the BJP to woo corporators and leaders from other parties, ahead of BMC elections. Three corporators – Eshwar Tayade (Chandivali) from the MNS, Savita Pawar (Powai) from the NCP and Vijay Tandel (Chunabhatti), an independent – had joined the Sena in April. Just recently, Samajwadi Party corporator Shantaram Patil (Govandi) also joined the Sena.
BJP too had managed to rope in several corporators from rival parties. Corporators Sagar Thakur and his father former legislator Ramesh Thakur recently joined the BJP. In May, MNS corporator from Dahisar, Prakash Darekar, too joined the BJP; his brother Pravin Darekar had joined the saffron party soon after the 2014 assembly elections. MNS corporator from Ward 82, Sukhada Pawar, and Congress corporator Kesarben Murji Patel from ward 73, had also joined BJP recently.
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