Bhujbal

1) In 1973, Thackeray helped him become a BMC corporator. Bhujbal would later go on to become Mayor twice. In 1985, he became Shiv Sena MLA from Mazagaon, which he represented twice.

2) In 1991, at the peak of Mandal agitation, Bhujbal decided to quit Sena to join Congress. saying the party was against OBC reservations. He had by then fashioned himself as an OBC politician, but those who know him always maintained that the real reason he left the party was that he felt sidelined by the rise of tactful and soft spoken Manohar Joshi. 

3) In 1999, when Sharad Pawar left Congress to float his own party NCP, Bhujbal followed him. The same year, Shiv Sena lost power to Congress-NCP coalition. Bhujbal was made Deputy CM with additional Home portfolio.