Maharashtra: Soil & Water conservation minister Shankarrao Gadakh joins Shiv Sena

Maharashtra's Soil and Water Conservation Minister Shankarrao Gadakh joined the Shiv Sena on Tuesday.

Gadakh was welcomed into the party fold and tied the 'Shiv-Bandhan' on his wrist by Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray, in the presence of several senior party leaders.

महाराष्ट्र राज्याचे मृद व जलसंधारण मंत्री @GadakhShankarao जी यांनी आज मातोश्री निवासस्थानी शिवसेना पक्षप्रमुख, मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यांच्या हस्ते शिवबंधन बांधून शिवसेनेत जाहीर प्रवेश केला. यावेळी शिवसेनेचे सचिव @NarvekarMilind_ जी उपस्थित होते. pic.twitter.com/0obIZOPVhF

— ShivSena - शिवसेना (@ShivSena) August 11, 2020

An Independent MLA from and the founder-president of Krantikari Shetkari Party (KSP), Nevasa in Ahmednagar district - Gadakh, 50, was the first unattached legislator to support the Shiv Sena after the 2019 Assembly elections.

Till now, he was the only Independent MLA who was a Minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition government with the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress.

With gadakh joining the party, the Shiv Sena's effective strength has increased to 57 MLAs in the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

आज शिवसेना पक्ष प्रमुख, राज्याचे सन्माननीय मुख्यमंत्री उद्धवजी ठाकरे साहेब यांच्या हस्ते मातोश्री निवासस्थानी शिवबंधन बांधून शिवसेना पक्ष प्रवेश केला यावेळी शिवसेना सचिव मिलिंद नार्वेकर उपस्थित होते.@ShivSena@mieknathshinde@Subhash_Desai@NarvekarMilind_@AUThackeraypic.twitter.com/UQsQT57Bz8

— Shankarrao Gadakh Patil (@GadakhShankarao) August 11, 2020