Mumbai: Former labour-leader and long-time union chief Suhas Samant has quit the Shiv Sena (UBT) which is led by Uddhav Thackeray, and on Tuesday formally joined the faction of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena (Shinde faction).

Samant’s decision comes shortly after his union’s defeat in the recent elections of the BEST Kamgar Sena/credit society panel, which he described as a personal and political setback. He asserted that he had been forced to resign following that defeat and claimed that his loyalty to the Uddhav Thackeray faction had been taken for granted.

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At a gathering in Dadar, Samant entered the Shinde faction alongside some of his supporters, and was reportedly offered a deputy-

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