New Delhi: Taking an obvious dig at Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday (September 17, 2022) stated that he heads the “original” Sena which was born out of social work spanning 4 generations. Addressing the party functionaries at Shiv Sena Bhavan in Mumbai, Thackeray said that his party can’t be “snatched away” or “purchased”.
“We are the original party born out of decades of social work spanning four generations,” he was quoted as saying by information company PTI.
The former Maharashtra CM stated that the makes an attempt made up to now to weaken Shiv Sena by engineering splits and defections had “failed” and would not “succeed even now”.
In June this 12 months, Eknath Shinde and 40 different Shiv Sena MLAs rebelled in opposition to the party management, which led to the collapse of the Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities. Since then, the Shinde camp calls itself the unique Shiv Sena of Bal Thackeray and had additionally staked the declare to Sena’s ballot image – a “bow and arrow”.
Both factions are locked in a authorized battle within the Supreme Court over a bunch of points, together with the disqualification of insurgent legislators and numerous appointments made by the insurgent camp.
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Uddhav Thackeray additionally requested the party functionaries to activate the grassroots cadre and give attention to strengthening the party group.
He instructed his party functionaries that the annual Dussehra rally of Shiv Sena will be held on the conventional spot at Shivaji Park in Mumbai and requested them to organize themselves for the occasion. As a part of the preparations for the rally, Thackeray will reportedly meet Sena functionaries on September 21.
It is notable that the functions filed by the factions led by Thackeray and Shinde in search of a nod for the rally are pending approval with the Mumbai civic physique.
