thane four former ncp corporators from the city switched loyalties to the shiv sena balasaheb party sunday night justifying their switchover to better prospects for their ward under the leadership of chief minister eknath shinde meanwhile a few leaders from mumbra also expressed interest in aligning with the saffron combine sunday latesenior leader and former corporator from lokmanya nagar hanmant jagdale 67 along with three colleagues and a few local office bearers formally joined the shinde camp jagdale who is a senior politician and holds considerable sway in the dense middleclass economic enclave of lokmanya nagar area was associated with the congress since the late 70s and joined the ncp in its formative yearsjagdales deflection is important as he had successfully managed to retain ncp hold in the ward that was located between shiv sena bastions the politician who rose from humble beginnings also operates a real estate company and is known for his indepth study of civic rules he was also one of the accused in a builder suicide case a few years back but managed to retain his seat in the 2017 polls with a decent margin due to his excellent equation within his constituencyi am joining shinde sahib as i feel he has the vision and power to ensure complete development of my ward through the cluster redevelopment that requires a major makeover i discussed the switchover with my loyalists who supported me i have no complaints against the ncp or any of its leaders and i also had a discussion with senior ncp leaders and shared the reason for my step recently jagdale said before a huge crowd of supportersmeanwhile it is learnt that around eight former ncp corporators from the kalwamumbra assembly constituency are also likely to switch loyalties to the shinde camp as few were present during the visit of mp dr shrikant shinde during his visit to the suburbs sunday late evening