Former Maharashtra minister Baban Gholap said on Sunday he has resigned as a deputy leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and claimed that NCP's Chhagan Bhujbal had plans to return to their party a year ago but he thwarted it, reported news agency PTI.

Gholap, who represented the Nashik Road-Deolali assembly constituency for five consecutive terms, said he was in Delhi last year when Sena's Milind Narvekar informed him about Bhujbal planning to come back to their party, reported PTI.