BackActor Urmila Matondkar to join Shiv Sena tomorrow
Urmila Matondkar's name has been forwarded to Governor B S Koshyari for nomination to the Legislative Council from the governor's quotaMatondkar had unsuccessfully contestedthe 2019 Lok Sabha election from Mumbai North constituency as a Congress candidate
PremiumBollywood actor Urmila Matondkar, who had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a Congress ticket and quit the party later, may join the Shiv Sena tomorrow. "She (actor Urmila Matondkar) may join Shiv Sena tomorrow," ANI quoted party MP Sanjay Raut as saying.
Urmila Matondkar's name has been forwarded to Governor B S Koshyari by the Shiv Sena for nomination to the Legislative Council from the governor's quota. The names of 11 others have also been forwarded by the three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government for their nomination from the governor's quota.
The governor is yet to approve the list of 12 names.
Matondkar had unsuccessfully contestedthe 2019 Lok Sabha election from Mumbai North constituency as a Congress candidate. However, she had later quit the party over the functioning of the Mumbai unit of the Congress.
Recently, she had criticised actor Kangana Ranaut for comparing Mumbai with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the nepotism issue.
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