Yuva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray (L) and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray (R) welcome Priyanka Cahturvedi into the party by tying ‘Shiv Bandhan’ at Matoshri in Mumbai on Friday. (PTI)

Chaturvedi slams Congress accusing it of not supporting her in the episode of unruly behaviour by some Congress activists

 

 

 

 

IN an election season jolt to the Congress, its spokesperson Priyanka V Chaturvedi formally joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of party chief Uddhav Thackeray here on Friday. Thackeray welcomed her at a hurriedly convened media conference and said he was “happy that she had decided to join the Shiv Sena”.

 

 

His son Aditya Thackeray presented her a bouquet and tied her a thread symbolising ‘Shiv Bandhan’ with several senior party leaders in attendance. Soon afterwards, Chaturvedi, 39, launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing it of not supporting her in the episode of unruly behaviour by some Congress activists. “I have served the party (Congress) for 10 years in a selfless manner without asking for anything in return. But the party chose to ignore my complaints though the matter was

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