Shiv Sena (UBT) and close aid of Uddhav Thackeray, MLA Ravindra Waikar (64) on Sunday joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Waikar, who is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with alleged misuse of a civic plot to build a luxury hotel, joined the Shinde-led group at `Varsha`, the official residence of the chief minister in Malabar Hill.

Waikar is a senior Shiv Sena leader, former minister, a four time MLA from Mumbai`s Jogeshwari area, four time corporator and former standing committee chairman at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Notably, he was present in a meeting with Uddhav Thackeray in his constituency-Mumbai North West, a day earlier.