Senior Shiv Sena leader MP Gajanan Kirtikar from Thackeray group joins Shinde group

The Uddhav Thackeray faction suffered yet another blow. The senior Shiv Sena leader MP Gajanan Kirtikar joined the Shinde camp in the presence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Popular MP of Mumbai North West Lok Sabha Constituency Gajanan Kirtikar officially entered the party today. He was warmly welcomed on the occasion and wished him good luck for future social and political progress, Shinde tweeted.

Kirtikar, an MP from the Mumbai North West constituency and loyalist of Thackeray, was moved to the Parliamentary standing committee of petroleum and natural gas. But with him also joining the Shinde group, the number of MPs in the Eknath Shinde group has gone up to 13.

मुंबई उत्तर पश्चिम लोकसभा मतदारसंघाचे लोकप्रिय खासदार गजानन कीर्तिकर यांनी आज #बाळासाहेबांची_शिवसेना पक्षात जाहीर प्रवेश केला. याप्रसंगी त्यांचे मनापासून स्वागत केले तसेच भावी सामाजिक आणि राजकीय वाटचालीकरिता त्यांना शुभेच्छा दिल्या.@GajananKirtikarpic.twitter.com/vCnAK003Wt

— Eknath Shinde - एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) November 11, 2022