Mumbai, March 5 -- Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday expressed confidence in the party's candidate for Rajya Sabha elections, Jyoti Waghmare, a Dalit woman, stating that the party honours its hard-working workers.

Eknath Shinde underscored Waghmare's dedication despite coming from an ordinary, poor family and asserted Shiv Sena's committment to empowering its workers. He said that Waghmare, once elected, will raise issues of the state's interest in the Upper House of the Parliament.

"Jyoti Waghmare hails from an ordinary and poor family, and in Shiv Sena, those who do good work and work for the people receive due respect. Shiv Sena has empowered its workers... Shiv Sena is the party of worke...