In a three-way fight between MNS, Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena (UBT) candidates for the Mahim seat in the impending assembly polls, BJP city head Ashish Shelar has thrown his support behind MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s son, Amit.

Shelar said that he was not opposing Sena’s candidate Sada Sarvankar, explaining that since Raj’s son is a Hindutva advocate and maintains a cordial bond with Mahayuti, the ruling alliance should reciprocate too. “I feel that Mahayuti should support Amit, who is our family. I will meet CM Eknath Shinde, deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar in this regard,” he told media persons on Saturday.