The latest political development in the country's financial capital, Mumbai, is seen as a setback for both the Congress and the Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray.

Many workers along with Kate and his wife Samruddhi Kate also joined the Shiv Sena after meeting Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at his official residence on Saturday.

“Corporators of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of the Chief Minister to follow the development and progress model of the party,” the Eknath Shinde-led party said.

The seven Congress former BMC corporators from Mumbai, who joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, include corporator Pushpa Koli, Kunal Mane, Ganga Mane, Wahid Qureshi, Bhaskar Shetty, Jyotsna Parmar and Babbu Khan.

After joining Eknath Shinde-led Sena, former MLA from Mumbai's Anushakti Nagar Tukaram Kate said. "We came to Shiv Sena to contribute to the transformation of Maharashtra and Mumbai under the leadership of Chief Minister Eknathji Shinde.”