Priyanka Chaturvedi joins Shiv Sena

After resigning from the Congress party, Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday joined the Shiv Sena. She along with Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray addressed a press conference on Friday afternoon. "Happy that the Sena has taken me in as a family member," Priyanka told media.

Welcoming Chaturvedi to Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray said, "She confidently defended her party. She thought that the Sena is best choice and I welcome her to the Sena family."

Earlier, Priyanka Chaturvedi resigned from the party on Thursday for taking back the workers who had been thrown out from the party for misbehaving with her.