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TopicEknath Shinde

Topic: Eknath Shinde

Eknath Shinde was the united Shiv Sena’s most senior leader in Thane, a satellite city of Mumbai and a stronghold of the party. The Shiv Sena, launched by Bal Thackeray in 1966, split in 2022 when Eknath Shinde led a rebellion to topple the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government. The new faction then formed a government with the BJP, with Shinde as CM. The new party — Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) — now claims to be the real Shiv Sena.

Shinde was brought up in Thane, which continues to be his stronghold. In his early years in the party, he was influenced by Anand Dhige, a prominent Shiv Sena leader in the area. A Shiv Sainik who headed a shakha back in 1980s, Shinde became a corporator in the Thane Municipal Corporation before becoming an MLA in 2004. He has been a member of the assembly for four terms now. In 2019, in the Uddhav Thackeray government, he worked as Minister of Urban Development and Public Works and Minister of Home Affairs (Acting).

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Leaders from both factions say that while majority of political cadre shifted to Shinde’s Sena, some of undivided Sena’s most experienced workers remain loyal to Thackeray.

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After 10 years, Narayan Rane returns to home pitch Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg to contest, backed by Modi and the Shinde Sena. The Union minister claims this will be an ‘easy election'.

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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena releases 1st list of 8 candidates for Lok Sabha elections

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The party has given ticket to ex-Congress MLA Raju Parve, who jumped ship recently, from Ramtek (SC) seat. Some of the other names include Rahul Shewale, Sadashiv Lokhande & Hemant Patil.

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At least 6 Lok Sabha seats including Baramati are learnt to be causing trouble between Maharashtra's ruling alliance partners BJP, Shiv Sena, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP.

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde kicked off the Diwali-style deep clean of Mumbai in December and has now extended it to the rest of the state. But critics are calling it a washout.

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On Monday, the Mahayuti cabinet passed 33 decisions while on Wednesday, 25 decisions were taken, according to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) press note.

Why Mumbai’s iconic Mahalaxmi Racecourse is at centre of slugfest between Shinde govt & Opposition

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On Monday, Shinde govt gave nod to BMC's plan of building central park on lines of New York, London for which it proposes to take over 120 acre of land of the 211-acre race course.
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