Prem Shukla, former executive editor of Shiv Sena's Hindi language mouthpiece 'Dopahar ka Saamna', today formally joined the BJP, days after he quit the tabloid apparently over differences with Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.

Shukla was inducted as the BJP member at a function organised here in the presence of state unit BJP secretary (organisation) Ravindra Bhusari, city unit BJP chief Ashish Shelar and heads of various wings of the BJP. Though Shukla has not been given any post yet, Shelar hinted that he may be assigned some responsibilities to be tackled at the national level.