Overview
- The former corporator formally entered the BJP in Mumbai in the presence of city chief Ameet Satam and MLC Pravin Darekar.
- In a resignation letter and social post, she said the move was taken "from pain" and framed it as a step to serve locally and secure her children’s future.
- She voiced frustration with the slow Central Bureau of Investigation probe into her husband Abhishek Ghosalkar’s 2024 murder, which the Bombay High Court transferred to the agency after flagging lapses.
- Her shift is expected to hurt Shiv Sena (UBT) in the Dahisar–Borivali–Magathane belt, where defections have already thinned the faction’s cadre and former corporator strength.
- Her June appointment to the Mumbai District Central Co‑operative Bank board by BJP leader Pravin Darekar was seen as an early sign of her political realignment, and civic polls must be completed by January 31, 2026 under a Supreme Court timeline.