Every political party tries to woo its prospective voters by involving a celebrity in their campaign. We have seen this happen during Lok Sabha elections. Now, with Assembly poll-dates announced, a Political party like Shiv Sena was not going to remain behind in the race. The news of Aadesh Bandekar joining the Sena hit every news channel in the name of Breaking News! And today almost all newspapers carried his photograph with Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackerey welcoming him to his party officially, at his Matoshree bungalow.

Today, Aadesh Bandekar is a popular name in Marathi entertainment. His rising popularity among the housewives, while playing the ‘Bhaoji’ in the most popular programme ‘Home Minister’, perhaps invited the attention of the Shiv Sena to make him play their poster boy during the campaign. Aadesh has incidentally spread his popularity with another popular programme ‘Hafta Bandh’ on Zee TV channel. It remains to be seen whether the party would offer him ticket to contest the polls cashing on his rising popularity or use him as a Brand Ambassador during their election campaign.

Aadesh has himself reacted to this entire episode in a very casual manner, stating that he has always been a Shiv Sainik since his childhood and this announcement is just a formality. One thing is sure that this news has certainly boosted the confidence of Sena leaders and has given a big scare to other political opponents like Congress, NCP and MNS.
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