After stamping its supremacy in Thane, where 66 of 67 former corporators switched over to the rebel camp, the Shinde Sena seems on course to repeat the feat in Navi Mumbai and Kalyan Dombivli civic bodies. But it may not be able to breach Mumbai, Uddhav Thackeray’s fort, so easily, said sources. Veteran leader Sada Sarvankar, now with Eknath Shinde, has been calling up former corporators to join them, they said.

While over 50 ex-corporators from Kalyan-Dombivli have extended support to the Shinde camp, 28 of 44 former corporators in Navi Mumbai will likely join the rebels. “Yes, I met CM Shinde. We, 28 former corporators, will support him,” said Vijay Chugule, former NMMC opposition leader.