Uddhav's Man Friday makes political debut

The 57-year-old Man Friday of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Milind Narvekar, received a huge boost on Tuesday when he filed his nomination for the state legislative council election in the presence of Thackeray Sr, Aaditya Thackeray, ex-CM Prithviraj Chavan and other senior leaders. This is the second time  a PA has been vested  with a political role.

- S Balakrishnan

Dilip Valse-Patil was an assistant to Sharad Pawar for several years. He was later rewarded with a seat in the assembly and a ministerial post. Indications are that Narvekar too may get a ministerial berth if the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) recaptures power during the upcoming assembly polls.

Narvekar started off as a ‘karyakarta’ of the Shiv Sena in the 80s, from Kandivli. During the course of his political work, he used to visit ‘Matoshree’, the Thackeray residence in Bandra east. The late Bal Thackeray, who had by then decided to groom Uddhav as his successor, was on the lookout for a good personal assistant for his son. Noticing a spark in Milind, he recruited him. After this, there was no looking back for Milind.