Mumbai: Sena workers from Wadala ward protest against denial of BMC poll ticket to local leader

Shiv Sena workers from Wadala ward number 178 in Mumbai protested outside the Shiv Sena Shakha in the area to protest against the denial of ticket for BMC polls to their local leader Madhuri Manjrekar.

Shiv Sena workers protested outside the shakha as Ameya Ghole, Yuva Sena officer-bearer and a close aide of Yuva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray, got the ticket.

"We have never seen Ameya Ghole in the area or in our shakha. Whenever we need any assistance, local leaders Madhuri Manjrekar or Harish Shivalkar have come forward to help us. But the party has denied them ticket and instead given away the ticket to someone who has no local connect. If they don't give ticket to our candidate, we will not campaign for Sena candidate", said Shreedhar Thakur, one of the Shiv Sena workers from ward 178.

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Shiv Sena leaders today secretly distributed A/B forms at party chief Uddhav Thackeray's official residence Matoshree. Once this news was leaked, a huge crowd gathered outside Matoshree.

3rd Feb is the last date to file nomination for BMC polls. In order to prevent infighting in party, Shiv Sena this time distributed A/B forms very secretly and called the people to collect their A/B forms from Matoshree. Many Shiv Sena party workers had come there in the hope that they would get A/B forms but returned either empty-handed or with some assurance from party leaders. Shiv Sena MPs and MLAs from Mumbai were assigned the task of appeasing shiv sainiks who were sulking after not getting tickets.

Shiv Sena broke with the BJP last week and decided to contest BMC and other elections all alone. But it seems that problems for Sena have increased due to this decision as many local shiv sainiks, who were anticipating ticket after the break-up, have been hurt for not getting the same. Many hurt sainiks have approached the BJP for ticket.

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