One-and-a-half years after the split, Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray will visit the Kalyan Dombivali Constituency. Kalyan Dombivali is another stronghold area of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, where his son, Dr Shrikant Shinde, is the MP of the constituency. Following the split in June 2022, party workers demanded that the party chief should visit Kalyan Dombivali constituency. Some senior office bearers even resigned from their party posts due to Uddhav’s absence from the constituency. However, after a meeting with Thackeray, office bearers withdrew their resignations. Finally, Uddhav is scheduled to visit various places in Kalyan Dombivali constituency on Saturday, January 13, 2024.

“Uddhav Thackeray will visit party offices (shakhas) at Tilak Nagar, Newali, Ulhasnagar, Kalyan East, Dombivali, Kalyan Rural, Kalwa and Mumbra,” said Vijay Salavi, the city chief of Kalyan Dombivali. “The party chief will meet karyakarta and have discussions with them in party offices,” Salavi added. Kalyan Dombivali is a significant area for Eknath Shinde after Thane city. His son Dr Shinde has been elected as MP from this constituency twice since 2014. After the split, 45 out of 56 former corporators of Kalyan Dombivali constituency pledged their support to Shiv Sena under Shinde’s leadership.