India, Jan. 7 -- Days before the civic polls, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) suffered a setback in Mumbai as its Worli division chief Santosh Dhuri quit the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday after failing to get a ticket for the elections.

After being inducted into the BJP in the presence of the party's Mumbai chief Ameet Satam, Dhuri alleged that MNS chief Raj Thackeray had surrendered the party to its ally, the Shiv Sena (UBT), during seat-sharing negotiations. Dhuri wanted a ticket from ward no 194 in Worli, but the seat went to Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Sunil Shinde's brother, Nishikant.

Dhuri had worked with Raj Thackeray in the undivided Shiv Sena's student wing, Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena, and cros...