A senior leader like Manohar Joshi was humiliated by the Sena leadership, Pawar said while claiming that several Shiv Sena leaders were in the mood to leave the party.
He further claimed that “a senior Shiv Sena leader from Thane” had approached Congress-NCP. In BJP, veterans like L K Advani and Jaswant Singh had got similar treatment, he added.
Congress leader and state minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council Vasant Davkhare and Congress secretary Swaraj Jeevan Balmiki also spoke at the rally.
Interestingly, NCP candidate from Kalyan, Paranjpe, was not present.
