A
year
after
quitting
the
Congress
party
citing
'petty
issues',
it
was
reported
that
Bollywood
actress
Urmila
Matondkar
is
now
ready
for
her
second
innings
in
politics.
A
PTI
report
had
stated
that
Rangeela
girl
is
all
set
to
join
the
Shiv
Sena.
The
report
also
stated
that
her
name
has
also
been
been
nominated
for
one
of
the
12
governor-nominated
seats
in
the
state
legislative
Council.
However,
according
to
a
report
in
DNA,
Urmila
has
quashed
these
reports.
Urmila
Matondkar
Is
Not
Joining
Shiv
Sena
As
per
DNA,
when
the
news
portal
got
in
touch
with
Urmila
Matondkar,
the
actress
dismissed
reports
stating
that
she
will
be
joining
Shiv
Sena
and
said,
"No,
I
am
not."
It
Was
Earlier
Reported
That
Urmila
Matondkar
Is
All
Set
To
Join
Shiv
Sena
On
Tuesday
Harshal
Pradhan,
a
close
aide
of
Maharashtra
Chief
Minister
Uddhav
Thackeray
told
PTI
that
the
actress
will
be
joining
the
party
in
the
chief
minister's
presence.
Urmila
To
Become
MLC?
According
to
PTI,
Urmila's
name
has
also
been
forwarded
to
governor
B
S
Koshyari
by
the
Shiv
Sena
for
nomination
to
the
Legislative
Council
from
the
governor's
quota.
Urmila
Matondkar
had
earlier
unsuccessfully
contested
the
2019
Lok
Sabha
elections
from
the
Mumbai
North
constituency
on
a
Congress
ticket
against
BJP's
Gopal
Shetty.
In
September
2019,
the
actress
quit
the
Congress
party
and
issued
an
official
statement
that
read,
"I've
resigned
from
the
Indian
National
Congress.
The
first
thought
of
resignation
came
to
me
when
after
my
repeated
efforts,
no
action
was
taken
in
pursuance
of
my
letter
dated
16th
May,
addressed
to
then
Mumbai
Congress
President
Mr
Milind
Deora.
Thereafter,
to
my
utter
dismay,
the
said
letter
containing
privileged
and
confidential
communication
was
conveniently
leaked
to
the
media,
which
according
to
me,
was
an
act
of
blatant
betrayal.
Needless
to
say,
no
one
from
the
party
was
apologetic
or
even
concerned
towards
me
for
the
same
despite
my
repeated
protests."
Earlier
this
year,
Urmila
Matondkar
hit
the
news
for
her
war
of
words
with
Kangana
Ranaut
after
the
latter
equated
Mumbai
with
Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir
(PoK).