Mumbai: Former Shirdi MP Wakchaure joins Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena

Former Shiv Sena undivided MP Bhausaheb Wakchaure on Wednesday joined the Uddhav Thackerayled faction of the party reported news agency PTIAccording to PTI Wakchaure won the Lok Sabha elections in 2009 on Shiv Sena ticket from Shirdi constituency in Ahmednagar district He joined Congress in 2014 but lost to Sadashiv Lokhande of Shiv SenaIn 2019 Wakchaure failed to save his deposit as he contested as an Independent candidateOn Wednesday he joined the Shiv Sena UBT at Matoshree the residence of Uddhav Thackeray in MumbaiSources told PTI Wakchaure is eyeing a ticket for the 2024 Lok Sabha electionsHis entry into the Shiv Sena UBT camp comes against the backdrop of a vertical split in Shiv Sena Undivided last year and at least 13 MPs joining the Eknath Shindeled camp reported PTIIn the 2019 elections Shiv Sena won 18 seats in Maharashtra which sends 48 members to Lok SabhaOn August 6 Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray had said that the name of our country is India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to foreign countries to represent the sameReacting to the remarks made by PM Modi over the naming of the INDIA alliance Uddhav Thackeray said INDIA meeting will be held in Mumbai soon PM Modi said that even Indian Mujahideen uses India India is our countrys name on which you PM Modi travelWhen you travel to America and hug Joe Biden at that time do you represent India or do you say I am from the Indian Mujahideen India Hindustan and Bharat are our countrys namesUddhav Thackeray further stated that the BJP follows Hindutva for vote bank politics and that is why he went out of their allianceI left BJP alliance because they are doing fake Hindutva They are only pretending that they follow Hindutva but they only follow Hindutva for votes I cant pretend to fake Hindutva he saidHe further claimed that Central agencies such as the ED CBI and Income Tax are used to destroy those parties that are in opposition to the BJPToday this BJP daggers us They are sending their army ED CBI and Income Tax and saying Come with us and if you dont then we will put you behind bars They destroyed Shivsena NCP and now I am hearing that they are trying to destroy Congress too ED CBI and Income tax are strong only under the NDA he saidUddhav Thackeray also mentioned that he has no personal hatred for Prime Minister Narendra ModiI dont have any personal hatred for Narendra Modi In my heart I call him Narendra Bhai Modi but not from outside because they dagger me from behind he addedWith inputs from PTI and ANI