Anand Dighe loyalist Anita Birje joins Shinde's Shiv Sena

Senior Shiv Sena (UBT) leader from Thane, Anita Birje, joined the Shiv Sena faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday night.

 

Shinde welcomed Birje into the party at a function attended by numerous party workers, with a significant presence of women.

 

Birje, who previously led the women's wing of Shiv Sena (UBT) in Thane, had been a close associate of the late Sena veteran Anand Dighe, who was also Shinde's political mentor.

 

Despite her long-standing loyalty to Dighe, Birje initially chose to stay with Uddhav Thackeray after the undivided Shiv Sena split in June 2022.