SENA MP KIRTIKAR DESERTS UDDHAV FOR SHINDE CAMP

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena (UBT) suffered yet another jolt on Friday after its MP Gajanan Kirtikar joined the rival Eknath Shinde camp. He visited chief minister Shinde and was welcomed into the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena at a function in Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi.

Kirtikar said he was often sidelined in Uddhav’s party.

“I worked to take the Sena to the middle class and to get jobs for Marathi youths in various organisations. My journey from a middle-class person to an MP was only possible because of Balasaheb Thackeray,” he said.

Later in the day, the Shiv Sena (UBT) sacked Kirtikar.→P4