India, Nov. 9 -- Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Kalyan chief Dipesh Mhatre, who contested the 2024 Assembly election against state BJP president Ravindra Chavan, is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday. The induction will take place in Dombivli in the presence of Chavan, forest minister Ganesh Naik, and Amruta Fadnavis, wife of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Mhatre, a three-time corporator in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC), is joining the BJP along with eight former corporators. His father, Pundalik Mhatre, served as the mayor of the civic body.

Confirming his exit, Mhatre said he had resigned from Shiv Sena (UBT). "There is limited scope and no free hand to work in the party. I want to work in a national party with ...