Salman Khan's aide Gurmeet Singh alias Shera joins Shiv Sena

Bollywood actor Salman Khan's long-time bodyguard Gurmeet Singh alias Shera joined the Shiv Sena party on Friday night. The formal announcement was made on the official Twitter of Shiv Sena. In the tweet, they wrote that Shera joined the party at the Matoshree residence in the presence of Shiv Sena party chief Uddhav Thackeray and Yuva Sena President Aaditya Thackeray. He joined the party with just three days left for the Maharashtra Assembly polls scheduled on Monday. The Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have formed an alliance for the upcoming elections.

Shiv Sena-BJP alliance

In the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the BJP and Shiv Sena had contested separately over a dispute over seat-sharing. The BJP had won 122 out of 260 seats it had contested while the Sena had bagged 63 out of 282 seats. Shiv Sena had joined the alliance after the BJP government was formed. The Shiv Sena and the BJP will contest the Maharashtra Assembly elections together this time after an announcement was made over seat-sharing. Shiv Sena scion and Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray will become the first from his family to participate in the electoral politics, fighting it out for the Worli seat.

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Maharashtra Assembly polls

According to the Election Commission (EC), the 288-seat Maharashtra Assembly elections will be held on October 21, and the counting of the polls will take place on October 24. According to the EC, the State's assembly term expires on November 9. The Haryana Assembly elections will be held simultaneously.  

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