India, Jan. 22 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday announced the return of Sarita Mhaske, a newly elected corporator in Mumbai who was incommunicado when the party registered its group of corporators on Wednesday, amid speculation that she was rejoining the deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.

"Mhaske is back with the party. All I can say is that all is well that ends well," said Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Milind Narvekar as he met Mhaske around midnight. Mhaske quit the Shinde-led Sena ahead of the civic polls to return to the Thackeray faction.

Narvekar refused to divulge what transpired. "The fact is that Mhaske is back with the party and all 65 [Mumbai] corporators are with us," he said.

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