Many leaders from Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Tuesday reached Maharashtra's Nashik district after quitting the parties and are set to join the BJP amid Uddhav Thackeray-Raj Thackeray reunion buzz.

On Tuesday, senior former Shiv Sena (undivided) MLA Babanrao Gholap of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sudhakar Badgujar, former deputy leader of the Sena (UBT) in Nashik, joined the BJP. Besides UBT camp leaders, it is said that one of the close associates of MNS chief Raj Thackeray – former mayor of Nashik Ashok Murtadak – has also joined the ruling BJP regime.

In the first week of June, Badgujar had met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Irked, Uddhav Thackeray – two days after the Fadnavis-Badgujar meeting – accused the deputy leader of indulging in “anti-party activities” and expelled him from the Sena (UBT).