Mumbai, Nov. 30 -- Actress Urmila Matondkar, who had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a Congress ticket, will join the Shiv Sena on December 1 in the presence of CM Udhav Thackeray.

Party spokesperson Sanjay Raut said here today while talking to media persons.

Matondkar was recently nominated by the Shiv Sena to the legislative council from the Governor's quota.

Sena insiders said that Matondkar's entry would be crucial, given that the party has firmed up its plan to draw youths and the working class, apart from consolidating its traditional vote bank in the city.

CM Thackeray had already announced on the eve of Maha Vikas Aghadi government's first anniversary that the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress would contest the BMC electio...