Hyderabad, March 28 -- In a significant development, veteran Bollywood actor Govinda officially joined Shiv Sena on Thursday, March 28, in the presence of Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde at a ceremony in Mumbai.

Reports suggest that the actor is likely to be fielded from Mumbai North West.

This is the actor's comeback into politics after a long pause. In 2004, he contested the Mumbai North Lok Sabha on a Congress ticket and defeated BJP's Ram Naik. However, he later resigned and took a break from politics altogether.

As Govinda was officially inducted into the party by the Maharashtra CM himself, he said, "I am joining Shiv Sena, and it is a blessing of God. I thought I would not enter politics again."

He said that his parent...