Ghosalkar's wife quits Sena (UBT)
Mumbai, May 14 -- Tejasvee Ghosalkar, former corporator and wife of slain Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Abhishek Ghosalkar, has quit as the Shiv Sena (UBT) Dahisar head owing to differences with party leaders, especially her father-in-law Vinod Ghosalkar.
Party chief Uddhav Thackeray called her to his residence, Matoshree, shortly after she announced her decision on Monday evening. However, she didn't meet him on Tuesday citing ill health, amid speculation that she might join the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
On Tuesday, Tejasvee confirmed to HT that she had resigned. "Many party functionaries were troubling me. I had been messaging my party superiors about this issue, but they chose to ignore my messages," she said.
Tejasvee's husband, Abhishek Ghosalkar, was murdered by his political rival, Mauris Noronha, in 2022. She herself was a Shiv Sena corporator from 2017 to 2022, while her father-in-law and former MLA Vinod Ghosalkar was a staunch loyalist of Thackeray. When the Sena split in 2022, she chose to stay with the Thackeray faction.
Differences between Tejasvee and her father-in-law cropped up during the assembly polls last year as both wanted to contest from Dahisar. Vinod Ghosalkar eventually contested from the seat after Thackeray asked them to sort out their differences, but he lost to the BJP's Manisha Chaudhary.
The latest dispute between the two pertains to the upcoming civic polls. "Tejasvee wants to contest from ward number one in Dahisar. But her father-in-law wants his second son, Saurabh, to contest from the seat on a party ticket," said a Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, requesting anonymity.
After Vinod Ghosalkar asked Tejasvee to shift to another ward, she tried to reach out to the party leadership but did not get the desired response. This prompted her to quit from her party post on Monday, the leader said. Tejasvee's aides acknowledged that she had been contacted by the Shiv Sena and the BJP, but said she would take a final decision after meeting Thackeray....
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