India, Feb. 27 -- Shiv Sena UBT Sindhudurg district chief Sanjay Padte and his associates joined the Shiv Sena in presence of deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday.

Shinde was on a visit to Kunkeshwar temple on Mahashivratri and did a pooja there. A function was organised wherein Padte joined the Sena with many of his party associates.

"We want development in Sindhudurg. All three MLAs from here belong to Mahayuti, out of which two belong to Shiv Sena. Shinde provided good governance in two and half years,'' said Padte.

In the Lok Sabha polls, the NDA won both seats of Sindhudurg-Ratnagiri and Raigad and in the assembly polls, the Shiv Sena UBT got just one MLA. Now after Shinde has started Operation Tiger, many from Konkan ...