India, June 20 -- After weaning away six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs, who are expected to join the Shiv Sena soon, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has allegedly begun tapping municipal corporators from the Uddhav Thackeray-led party.

Sources in the Sena (UBT) said several corporators are unhappy that the funds allotted to them for local area development are far less than those given to their BJP and Sena colleagues, something the Sena is leveraging to shore up its numbers in the BMC.

Sena (UBT) sources claim a team comprising incumbent and former Sena corporators is always looking for opportunities to lure elected representatives from the Thackeray camp. When the Sena spots a vulnerable target - sources claim those who have submitted bogus cert...