Uddhav Thackeray s Shiv Sena faction has fielded Rutuja Latke, the wife of incumbent Sena MLA Ramesh Latke whose death necessitated the November 3 Andheri East Assembly byelection.
Post Shiv Sena’s split, the Andheri East Assembly bypoll is a litmus test for Uddhav. The woman on whom he has hedged his bets is a rank novice to politics who “fears no one” and has a muse in her late husband
The Shiv Sena factions led by Thackeray and Shinde were barred from using the party name and election symbol bow and arrow in the November 3 Andheri East Assembly bypoll earlier this month.