Several MNS, Sena (UBT) leaders join BJP in Nashik; local ruling party MLA opposes move
Published on: Dec. 25, 2025, 7:08 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
Ahead of municipal corporation polls, several leaders from the MNS and Shiv Sena UBT joined the BJP in Maharashtras Nashik district on Thursday.Among them were former MNS MLA Nitin Bhosale, former mayor Vinayak Pande of Shiv Sena UBT, Yatin Wagh, who was the first mayor from the MNS, as well as Congress leaders Shahu Khaire and Sanjay Chavan.A surprising entrant into the BJP was Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS state general secretary Dinkar Patil, who a day earlier was celebrating the alliance between the Raj Thackeray-led party and the Shiv Sena UBT.
