Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 | Congress MLA Jayshree Jadhav joins Shiv Sena after being denied ticket

Thane: Congress' Kolhapur North MLA Jayshree Jadhav, who was denied ticket by the party for the Maharashtra assembly polls, on Thursday joined the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.

After she along with her son Satyajit joined the party in Shinde's presence, Jadhav was made a deputy leader of the party and the in-charge of its women's wing.

The Shiv Sena has several posts of `deputy leader'.

Jayshree was elected from Kolhapur North in a bypoll in 2022 following the death of her husband Chandrakant Jadhav.

CM Shinde said their entry will strengthen the party in Kolhapur.

Jadhav said she joined the Shiv Sena as she was denied ticket by the Congress. Her family was traditionally associated with the Shiv Sena but her husband joined Congress after he was denied an election ticket, she added.

Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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