Urmila Matondkar Joins Shiv Sena
Urmila Matondkar quit congress in September 2019 and has now joined the Shiv Sena.
Actress Urmila Matondkar had joined theCongress in March 2019. She had contested the National election from the Mumbai North constituency. But she had lost the election. In September 2019, she quit the Congress. In her resignation letter she had mentioned “petty in-house politics” as the reason for quitting the party after seven-months. Urmila Matondkar has now joined the Shiv Sena. A small ceremony took place in presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister and party Chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence Matoshri. She may join Maharashtra's Legislative Council.Maharashtra ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi i.e. the alliance of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Congress, and Shiv Sena has already forwarded her name to Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari, along with the names of 11 others.
Urmila Matondkar told the media, “Shiv Sena's women's wing is very strong and I am happy to be a part of it. I am proud to be a part of Mumbai and work on women's and children's issues. I would like to work on women's and children's issues.” Urmila has been open in talking about the Citizenship Amendment Act, on actor Kangana Ranaut for comparing Mumbai with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), nepotism issue and others. She had also criticized Kangana over her remarks on drug use in Bollywood.
