A day after the BJP vacated its claim on the Mumbai South constituency, Wednesday turned out to be another good day for Shinde Sena supporters as the big brother let it have Thane and Nashik. Kalyan for the Shinde Sena was a foregone conclusion because it is the CM’s son’s segment. The party announced former mayor of Thane Naresh Mhaske (Thane), Dr Shrikant Shinde (Kalyan) and Hemant Godse (Nashik). Dr Shrikant and Godse are the sitting MPs. Godse’s fate hung in the balance when NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal was projected as his replacement. Now all that is over. But the BJP didn`t allow Shinde to take another seat in MMR Palghar (ST)—the only seat where it hasn’t named its candidate yet.

Before the Sena made announcements, state BJP commander Devendra Fadnavis declared at a news channel launch that BJP would contest Palghar while the Shinde Sena would contest Thane and Nashik. Fadnavis had declared Dr Shrikant’s name from Kalyan nearly a month ago, when the two parties were in a tussle over claiming the constituency.