2 more former corporators shift to BJP
Mumbai, June 23 -- The mass exodus of Shiv Sena (UBT) corporators continued on Sunday as Ishwar Tayade and Akanksha Shetye, along with more than 100 of their supporters and office bearers, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). So far, over 50 Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders, who were corporators from 2017-2022 have migrated to the BJP, a party that is vying for control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the upcoming elections.
Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar said that Tayade and Shetye wanted to align themselves with the ideology and principles of the BJP. "This is just the first act of the larger political shift-the second, third, and final act will soon follow," Shelar said, calling the move ' a rejection of the Shiv Sena (UBT)'s leadership' and added the state of Shiv Sena (UBT) is 'dangerous and dilapidated'. At present, according to Shelar, 50 of the original Shiv Sena corporators stand with the BJP, making it the 'number one party' and 'pushing the UBT faction into complete disarray'....
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