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Indian Express
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Ghosalkar meets Uddhav, says still with Sena (UBT) despite resigning
A day after resigning from her post in the Shiv Sena (UBT), Tejasvee Ghosalkar, the former BMC corporator and daughter-in-law of senior leader Vinod Ghosalkar, met party chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Wednesday. Following the meeting, she said that she remained with the party despite ongoing concerns. Ghosalkar, who led the women's wing in the Dahisar assembly constituency, said Thackeray had reached out to her and that she conveyed her grievances to him during the meeting. 'There are some issues that I have raised. I am hopeful they will be resolved. My future course of action will depend on that,' she told reporters. When asked if she was considering a switch to the BJP or had received any political offers, Ghosalkar declined to comment. 'I had expected that these issues would be handled locally. Since that didn't happen, I brought them directly to the leadership,' she said. Ghosalkar's political career is deeply intertwined with the Shiv Sena (UBT). Her husband, Abhishek Ghosalkar, a former BMC corporator, was shot dead earlier this year during a Facebook Live broadcast—an incident that shocked the city. The alleged assailant, a local resident, is currently in custody. The Ghosalkar family has long maintained close ties with the Thackerays. Uddhav Thackeray, along with his wife Rashmi and son Aaditya, had attended Abhishek's funeral, underscoring the personal bond shared between the two families.
Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Sena UBT former BMC corporator Tejaswi Ghosalkar quits party post
In yet another setback for Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) in Mumbai, party's former corporator Tejasvee Ghosalkar, who is the wife of slain party leader and former corporator Abhishek Ghosalkar, resigned from the party post on Tuesday, citing personal reasons and expressing displeasure over the functioning of the local leadership in North Mumbai. Ghosalkar, who was the Sena UBT's women's wing head for the Dahisar Assembly segment, submitted her resignation via WhatsApp to the local party unit. The Ghosalkars had a long association with the Thackeray family. Citing personal reasons for the resignation, her WhatsApp message to the local leadership of Sena said, 'I thank the party leadership for the opportunity to serve and respectfully request that my resignation be accepted.' According to sources in the Sena UBT, party chief Uddhav Thackeray called her to convince her to withdraw her resignation. Even as Ghosalkar has not yet announced any further steps, it is being speculated that she may join the Shinde-led Sena or the BJP. Abhishek Ghosalkar was shot dead in early 2024 during a Facebook Live by local resident Morris Noronha — an incident that sent shockwaves through the city and catalysed her entry into public life. Tejasvee's father-in-law Vinod Ghosalkar had contested the Assembly polls from Dahisar seat in the 2024 polls on the Sena UBT ticket, but lost. Vinod Ghosalkar is considered to be loyal to the Thackeray family. It is, however, speculated that her strained relation with her father-in-law is one of the reasons for her resignation, apart from the differences with the party's local leadership. Half of undivided Sena corporators with Shinde Nearly 50 per cent of the corporators of the undivided Shiv Sena in 2017 have now aligned themselves with the Eknath Shinde-led faction, after the party's vertical split in 2022. The undivided Shiv Sena, under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray, had secured 84 seats in the 2017 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. However, since the split, 43 former corporators joined the faction led by Eknath Shinde. Prominent among those who shifted allegiance include former corporators Ameya Ghole, Samadhan Sarvankar, Sheetal Mhatre, Yashwant Jadhav, Raju Pednekar, Suvarna Karanje and Snehal Shinde. The exodus is being viewed as a significant boost for the Shinde-led Sena as it gears up for civic polls in Mumbai.
India Today
13-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Another blow to Uddhav Sena as ex-Mumbai corporator resigns ahead of civic polls
In another blow to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, Tejasvee Ghosalkar, the party's Vibhag Pramukh from Dahishar in Mumbai, resigned from her post, citing difference with the local Ghosalkar's resignation comes months after the murder of her husband and Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Abhishek Ghosalkar, who was shot dead during a Facebook Live broadcast in February an ex-corporator, reportedly sent her resignation via WhatsApp to the block in-charge. Sources told India Today TV that she is now weighing her political options, with the BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction emerging as possible destinations. Her departure has triggered concern within the Shiv Sena (UBT), especially with the high-stakes civic body polls an effort to placate her, Tejasvee was summoned to Matoshree, the Thackeray residence in suburban Bandra, and senior party leaders attempted to persuade her to reconsider her Ghosalkar, 41, son of former Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Vinod Ghosalkar, was shot dead in Borivali on February 8, 2022. The attack — in which he sustained four gunshot wounds to the abdomen and shoulder — was captured on video and quickly went viral, sending shockwaves across Maharashtra. His attacker, 47-year-old Mauris Noronha, died by suicide shortly
