Around 30 Shiv Sena corporators and several other party leaders from Kalyan (East) assembly seat submitted their resignations to Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in support of the party's rebel candidate Dhananjay Bodare. 

Local Shiv Sena leaders are reportedly upset over the party's order to support BJP candidate Ganpat Gaikwad in the forthcoming assembly elections.