Maharashtra: Blow To Uddhav's Sena As Aaditya Thackeray's Close Aide Joins Shinde Camp

Kanal has participated in the activities of the Yuva Sena, the youth wing of the Sena (UBT), with its leader Aaditya Thackeray.

Rahul Kanal joins Eknath Shinde's Camp.

Source : Instagram@rahulnarainkanal

Yuva Sena leader and close aide of Uddhav Thackeray faction MLA Aaditya Thackeray, Rahul Kanal, has joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Mumbai. Kanal has participated in the activities of the Yuva Sena, the youth wing of the Sena (UBT), with its leader Aaditya Thackeray. He was enraged, though, when his followers were not appointed to the party a few days ago. 

#WATCH | Maharashtra | Rahul Kanal, Yuva Sena leader and close aide of Uddhav Thackeray faction MLA Aaditya Thackeray joins Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/gmx67GHTJ6

— ANI (@ANI) July 1, 2023

Earlier in a tweet on Friday, Kanal stated: “Feeling sad!!! Very well know who has done this but removing people who have worked for you without a hearing is arrogance and you could remove me but not the people who have worked day and night yet. Chalo accha hai sabko pata chale ke ego aur arrogance kya hota hai!! (It is a good thing that everyone now becomes aware about ego and arrogance)."

"I’m sorry for all my genuine work force who worked day and night and you have to face this because of me and only when you stand for rite and against all odds this is just the start and now you have started it , thank you," he said in another tweet. 

Jai Maharashtra !!!
I’m sorry for all my genuine work force who worked day and night and you have to face this because of me and only when you stand for rite and against all odds this is just the start and now you have started it , thank you 🙏

— Rrahul Narain Kanal (@Iamrahulkanal) June 30, 2023

Kanal began his political career in Mumbai as an office bearer and quickly grew close to Aaditya. He'd defected from the Congress to join the party. He was a Yuva Sena core committee member, and as a Bandra restaurateur, he travelled in high-profile circles, including Bollywood bigwigs.

He was on the civic education committee during Shiv Sena's tenure in BMC. According to Sena (UBT) sources, he was planning to run for the Bandra West constituency against local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Ashish Shelar.

Purvesh Pratap Sarnaik, Ameya Ghole, Yogesh Kadam, and Samadhan Sarvankar had already left the Yuva Sena to join the Shinde-led Shiv Sena.