Maharashtra: Setback for Uddhav Sena as party leader files nomination from Mahayuti for council post

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MLC Sachin Ahir on Tuesday filed his nomination for the post of deputy chairman of the Maharashtra legislative council on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance.

Ahir, who was considered a confidante of Uddhav Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray, filed the nomination in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar, indicating that he has switched sides to the ruling alliance.

Ahir, a former Nationalist Congress Party leader, joined the then-united Shiv Sena in 2019 and became an MLC in 2022.

?CM Devendra Fadnavis at the nomination filing of MLC Sachin Ahir for the election of Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council at Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai.
DCM Eknath Shinde, DCM Sunetra Ajit Pawar, Minister Chandrakant Patil, Minister Sanjay Shirsat and other… pic.twitter.com/qGxeuLmkby— @OfficeOfDevendra (@Devendra_Office) June 30, 2026

Meanwhile, Uddhav Sena leader Ambadas Danve said on Tuesday MLC Jagannath Abhyankar would be the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi’s candidate for the post of deputy chairman of the legislative council, PTI reported.

The development comes eight days after six of the Uddhav Sena’s nine Lok Sabha MPs joined the Shinde Sena.

The MPs who have switched sides are Hingoli MP Nagesh Patil Ashtikar, Omprakash Nimbalkar from Osmanabad, Mumbai North-East MP Sanjay Dina Patil, Sanjay Deshmukh from Yavatmal-Washim, Sanjay Jadhav...

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