WhoSachin Ahir was elected the deputy chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council on Wednesday, a day after he quit the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena for the faction led by Eknath Shinde.Former Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Sachin Ahir joined Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday. (HT_PRINT)Ahir was elected to the post unanimously after Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate JM Abhyankar withdrew his nomination, the request for which was made by parliamentary affairs minister Chandrakant Patil.In a double whammy for the Uddhav Sena in Maharashtra, Sachin Ahir left the camp and joined hands with the Eknath Shinde-led Sena on Tuesday, and filed his nomination for the post he got elected to today. The development came when the Uddhav Sena was already trying to manage a crisis triggered by six of its MPs joining the rival Shinde camp.This is a breaking news story. It will be updated.