With the BMC elections just around the corner, things are slowly starting to escalate -- from leaders switching their parties to creating confusion within the parties' is gearing up. In the early hours of Tuesday, confusion prevailed in the Maharashtra BJP over the induction of Sudhakar Badgujar, a former Shiv Sena (UBT) leader from Nashik. He, along with state unit president Chandrashekhar Bawankule, insisted that he was not aware of his possible entry into the ruling party.

Amplifying internal resistance to Badgujar's entry, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Seema Hiray dubbed him "anti-national".

As reported by PTI, while speaking to a regional news channel, the Nashik (West) MLA Hiray reiterated her opposition to Badgujar's entry, stating: "I was one of the party workers who protested against Badgujar and called him anti-national." There are serious criminal cases against him. He even contested an election against me. How can I welcome him into the party?