Actor
turned
politician
Urmila
Matondkar
joined
the
Shiv
Sena
on
Tuesday
(December
1,
2020).
She
was
welcomed
to
the
party
in
presence
of
party
president
and
Maharashtra
Chief
Minister
Uddhav
Thackeray.
Urmila
had
resigned
from
the
Congress
party
in
September
last
year.
She
had
contested
the
2019
Lok
Sabha
election
from
Mumbai
North
constituency.
However,
she
lost
the
seat
to
BJP's
Gopal
Shetty.
Last
month,
Urmila's
name
was
proposed
for
one
of
the
12
Governor-nominated
seats
in
the
Maharashtra
legislative
council.
In
her
statement
to
the
media,
Urmila
said,
"It
has
been
14
months
since
I
quit
Congress
and
not
14
hours.
There
is
a
huge
difference
when
people
quit
a
party
and
immediately
join
another.
But
I
think
Maha
[Vikas]
Aghadi
government
has
done
a
praiseworthy
job
in
the
state.
They
got
only
three
months
of
normal
working
[before
pandemic].
Uddhav
ji
has
steered
the
state
very
well.
He
shows
strength
where
needed
and
speaks
to
us
like
a
family
member
when
required."
Some
time
back,
Urmila
was
engaged
in
a
war
of
words
with
actor
Kangana
Ranaut.
When
asked
about
this,
she
said
that
she
is
not
a
fan
of
Kangana,
and
said,
"I
think
much
has
been
spoken
on
Kangana.
No
need
to
give
her
that
much
importance
now.
Everybody
has
the
right
and
freedom
to
criticise,
she
is
free
to
do
it.
I
wish
to
clear
this
today
that
I
never
responded
to
her
in
my
interview
[earlier]."
Explaining
her
decision
to
join
Shiv
Sena,
Urmila
said
that
she
was
impressed
with
the
work
the
Maha
(Vikas)
Aghadi
government
had
done
in
the
state."Uddhav
ji
has
steered
the
state
very
well.
He
shows
strength
where
needed
and
speaks
to
us
like
a
family
member
when
required," she
said.