Mayur Shinde, who was part of Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena until December 22, joined BJP on December 23. He had joined BJP hoping to secure ticket for Savarkar Nagar (Ward No. 14) for Maharashtra civic polls. However, when that nomination failed to materialise, he joined Ajit Pawar's NCP and filed his nomination papers on December 30, final day for submissions.