Shiv Sena is likely to nominate actress Urmila Matondkar for the Legislative Council from the Governor’s quota. According to reports, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray himself discussed the same with Urmila Matondkar over phone.
Matondkar had taken a bold stand defending the Mumbai Police after Kangana Ranaut compared it with Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. She had said that by making such comments Ranaut is 'not only insulting the city, but people of the state at large.'
The Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday to recommend 12 names comprising four each from Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress for their nomination in the legislative council from the Governor’s quota.
The three parties submitted respective names in separate sealed envelopes to the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as they decided not to disclose them at this moment.
Urmila Matondkar had joined the Congress in the backdrop of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. She had contested from North Mumbai. However, she was defeated by BJP candidate Gopal Shetty. After that, she resigned from the Congress owing to "petty in-house politics" within six months of joining the party and unsuccessfully contesting her maiden election from Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat against BJP's Gopal Shetty.