Mumbai: Former Corporator Changez Multani from Jogeshwari (West) joined the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Friday. With Multani joining, Sena (UBT) is looking to give tickets to Muslim candidates after Congress decided to fight the BMC polls alone. Multani was eyeing a Congress ticket but joined Sena (UBT) after speculation that his ticket would be cut by the party. Multani was earlier seen as a strong contender for a Congress ticket, but he said the party kept delaying its decision. As a result, he decided to accept an offer from Sena (UBT).Party functionaries said Multani could field his son, Zeeshan Multani, in the BMC polls, since ward number 62 is now an open ward. In the 2007 BMC polls, Multani’s sister, Syed Barjeena, won from Ward number 53 on a Samajwadi Party ticket. He lost the polls from a neighbouring seat. In the 2012 BMC polls, Multani fought as an independent and won.In the 2017 BMC polls, he won from Jogeshwari’s ward number 62 but was disqualified after his caste certificate was declared invalid.
