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Former Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) corporator and Shiv Sena (UBT) person Tejasvi Ghosalkar from North Mumbai constituency, connected Monday (December 15, 2025) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) up of the upcoming BMC elections.
Her power is seen arsenic different stroke to Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, arsenic Ghosalkar household holds important value successful North Mumbai area.
Calling it a pugnacious decision, Tejasvi said, “I privation to bash a batch of improvement enactment successful my constituency and expect that nether the enactment of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis I would beryllium capable to bash that. It is hard and achy to permission the party, who gave maine identity.”
On Monday, she resigned from the party, amid the speculation of joining the BJP and picture her determination “painful”.
Ms. Tejasvi, the spouse of slain Shiv Sena (UBT) person Abhishek Ghosalkar, who was changeable dormant 2 years ago, has written a missive referring to Shiv Sena (UBT) enactment workers and acknowledging their support.
In her letter, she opened astir her governmental and idiosyncratic beingness and difficulties successful managing both, saying I americium having to look tremendous challenges and the determination was taken aft introspection.
The speculation of Ms. Tejasvi joining BJP has been determination since BJP person Pravin Darekar appointed her arsenic a manager connected the committee of the Mumbai District Central Co-operative Bank, filling the vacancy aft her spouse died, who was besides a erstwhile corporator and committee member.
Ms. Tejasvi’s father-in-law and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, Vinod Goshalkar said, “If Abhishek would person been present this would person not happen. I tin halt my lad but with girl successful instrumentality the lawsuit is different. We ne'er premix household and politics. She near but I americium inactive with Thackerays.”
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena person Sanjay Shirsat took a potshot connected Uddhav Thackeray, saying that his enactment doesn’t attraction for their enactment functionaries. “From past 1 and fractional year, she was not successful mindset to enactment with Uddhav Thackeray’s party. She besides contacted Eknath Shinde and present BJP. Her hubby was murdered; they showed up erstwhile showing sympathy, afterwards nary 1 reached retired to her. No 1 wants to enactment with them,” helium added.
