India, Dec. 16 -- Former Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Tejasvee Ghosalkar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, delivering a setback to the Uddhav Thackeray-led party in north Mumbai's Dahisar, a constituency long associated with the Ghosalkar family.

Tejasvee Ghosalkar, the widow of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Abhishek Ghosalkar who was shot dead during a Facebook Live broadcast in February 2024, resigned from the party earlier in the day and formally joined the BJP in the presence of Mumbai BJP chief Ameet Satam and MLC Pravin Darekar.

In a post on X (Twitter) and an open letter addressed to residents of her area, Ghosalkar said she was leaving the Shiv Sena (UBT) "w...