Summary:
A faction in Shiv Sena considers Mandlik as an outsider as he is the son of late Congress leader Sadashiv Mandlik. BJP is contesting the Lok Sabha seat in Sangli, neighbouring Kolhapur.Narendra Patil, leader of headload workers in Mumbai, joined the Shiv Sena in the rally. Patil will be fighting the Lok Sabha elections from Satara on a Sena ticket. Uddhave Thackeray told in the rally that he had personally asked BJP leaders to allow Patil to join Shiv Sena so that he can fight as a Sena candidate. BJP MLA Amal Mahadik, who is Dhananjay’s cousin, and his wife Shoumika, who is president of Kolhapur zilla parishad, were spotted on the dais..