High time for Cong to introspect Darda on Urmila joining Sena

    Aurangabad, Dec 2 (PTI) Former Maharashtra minister
and Congress leader Rajendra Darda has said actress Urmila
Matondkar's move to switch over to the Shiv Sena is a loss for
the Congress, and it is high time that his party does an
introspection.
    Actress-turned-politician Matondkar, who
unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a
Congress ticket, joined the Shiv Sena on Tuesday.
    In a tweet on Tuesday evening, Darda said, "Confident
& flamboyant actress @UrmilaMatondkar switching over to
@ShivSena is a sure loss to @INCIndia."
    "Well-versed in Marathi, she will, no doubt, be an
asset to Sena. It's high time for the Congress to introspect
and the ShivSena to rejoice!!"
    Matondkar, 46, quit the Congress in September 2019,
nearly five months after she was defeated by BJP's Gopal
Shetty from North Mumbai Lok Sabha seat.
    She joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of party
president and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at
his residence 'Matoshri' in Mumbai's Bandra area on Tuesday.
    Sena sources said Matondkar's name was forwarded to
Governor B S Koshyari by the party recently for nomination
to the Legislative Council from the governor's quota. PTI AW
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