Ulhasnagar: The Congress has suffered a major setback before the upcoming Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) election. Maharashtra Congress women’s vice-president and former deputy mayor Jaya Sadhwani, along with her husband, a former corporator who also held the post of city vice-president of the party, left the party and joined the Shiv Sena. They, along with their supporters, joined the party in the presence of deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde at Mukta Giri Bungalow in Mumbai.Sadhwani was a corporator from the Congress on four occasions, and her husband, Mohan, was a corporator from the Congress twice. Her departure from the Congress dealt a significant blow to the party in the city.Sadhwani also held the post of deputy mayor in 2003 after winning the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation election on a Congress ticket. After joining the Shiv Sena, Sadhwani said, “I am excited to work under the leadership of Eknath Shinde and will work hard for the development of Ulhasnagar.”With Sadhwani joining the Shiv Sena, the party gained a strong Sindhi leader in the city, increasing the possibility of the Shiv Sena becoming stronger in the upcoming UMC election.
