Party-Hopping Sprint: Man Switches 3 Parties In 8 Days For Thane Civic Polls Ticket

Final Up to date:December 31, 2025, 22:46 IST

The candidate, Mayur Shinde, filed his nomination papers on December 30, the final day for submissions, as a candidate of Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP).

Elections to the 131-member Thane Municipal Company will probably be held on January 15. (File picture)

A person with an intensive prison report switched political events twice inside eight days earlier than lastly securing a ticket for the upcoming Thane Municipal Company elections in Maharashtra.

The candidate, Mayur Shinde, filed his nomination papers on December 30, the final day for submissions, as a candidate of Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP), whilst long-time social gathering staff in Thane expressed resentment over being denied tickets, NDTV reported.

Shinde was related to Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena till December 22. On December 23, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) within the presence of state BJP president Ravindra Chavan, hoping to get a ticket from the social gathering for Savarkar Nagar (Ward No. 14). Nonetheless, after failing to safe the BJP nomination, he switched sides once more on the final second to hitch Ajit Pawar’s NCP, which ultimately fielded him as a candidate.

The candidate faces severe prison costs, together with homicide, try and homicide and extortion, and has additionally been booked earlier below the Maharashtra Management of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). He had earlier come into the highlight after being arrested for allegedly threatening Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut.

In 2017, he had sought a ticket from the then-undivided Shiv Sena, however was denied.

The incident has triggered criticism inside political circles, notably from grassroots staff, amid heightened competitors within the Thane civic polls.

Elections to the 131-member Thane Municipal Company will probably be held on January 15, with counting scheduled for January 16. Within the contest, the BJP is preventing 40 seats, whereas the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is contesting 87 seats. Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) have fashioned an alliance in Thane, whereas the Congress and Ajit Pawar’s NCP are contesting all 131 seats independently.

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