Yuva Sena president Aaditya Thackeray’s one-time close aide Rrahul Narain Kanal was expected to join the Sena (Shinde) on Saturday, the day his former boss had scheduled a march to protest against corruption in the Mumbai civic body. Kanal said he was deeply upset after the youth wing’s Bandra team was suspended.

Shiv Sena (Shinde) hadn’t officially confirmed the induction, but if he defects, Kanal will be the second senior youth wing leader to switch sides after Amey Ghole, the Yuva Sena treasurer and former corporator. Ghole left the party in April this year, citing serious differences with Shiv Sena secretary Suraj Chavan and the party’s women’s wing organiser Shraddha Jadhav. He said his repeated complaints were ignored by Aaditya.