The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) party's former MLA Rajan Salvi on Wednesday resigned as the deputy leader of the party citing 'prevailing circumstances' in his Rajapur constituency in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, reported the PTI.

There is wide speculation that Rajan Salvi would join Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.