Bhushan Desai, the son of Subhash Desai, who is Uddhav Thackeray’s close associate and former minister, joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Monday evening. His father still remains with the former CM.

Shinde officially welcomed Bhushan at the party’s office ‘Balasaheb Bhavan’. Now, the CM has yet another Shiv Sena family split between two factions. Some of Uddhav’s brothers and nephews have supported Shinde, while some remain loyal to Matoshree.