Shiv Sena spokesman Rahul Narvekar, who recently withdrew his candidature from the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, today joined the NCP. He will contest the Lok Sabha polls on the party’s ticket from the Maval constituency.
Narvekar, son-in-law of senior NCP leader Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar, joined the NCP in the presence of senior leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar here.
Narvekar was the spokesman of the Youth Wing of Shiv Sena, which is headed by party president Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aditya.
The Sena leader was apparently sulking over the withdrawal of his nomination and had recently met NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
His withdrawal from the fray had paved the way for nine candidates getting elected to the Legislative Council unopposed.
Narvekar, who was his party’s face on English language news channels, had said he would sit out of the Council elections on the direction of the Sena leadership.
Gajanan Babar, the sitting MP from Maval, recently quit Shiv Sena after being denied the ticket.
Workers arrested Meanwhile, Mumbai police today arrested eight Sena workers, including a local leader, for illegally gathering outside the NCP office located near the State secretariat in south Mumbai, and raising slogans against Narvekar.