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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).

SGPC pans Eknath Shinde govt bid to limit Sikh groups’ picks on Nanded gurdwara board

Chitleen K Sethi -
Maharashtra cabinet Monday proposed that govt would nominate 12 members to 17-member board, while cutting number of members to be nominated by SGPC to two from four. 

Cracks exposed in Maharashtra ruling alliance as NCP, BJP leaders question CM over Maratha OBC quota

Purva Chitnis -
Both BJP & Ajit Pawar faction of NCP have sizable OBC vote bank & oppose granting Marathas OBC quota. NCP's Bhujbal has even called upon OBC community members to take out public marches.

What’s the Shinde govt’s ‘sage soyare’ clause that ended Jarange Patil’s Maratha quota agitation

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Shinde govt Friday issued draft order to extend quota benefits associated with Kunbi caste, part of OBCs, to paternal kin of eligible persons and relations forming out of marriage.

‘Send objections in lakhs,’ Bhujbal tells OBCs on govt accommodating Marathas in their quota

Manasi Phadke -
Irked by his own government’s acceptance of Maratha demands, Shinde Sena minister calls meeting of OBC leaders Sunday, asks Dalits, tribals to join.

Shinde to meet Jarange after Maharashtra govt comes out with late-night Maratha quota draft ordinance

PTI -
During his speech Friday, Jarange had warned that he and his supporters would enter Mumbai Saturday to protest at Azad Maidan ground if their demands were not met by the same night.

Jarange Patil calls off Maratha quota protest 3.0, says Shinde govt did good job, accepted his demands

Manasi Phadke -
Maharashtra CM sent delegation to him late Friday with draft order meeting his main demand of granting Marathas with Kunbi caste certificates reservation under OBC category, Patil said.

Shinde announces survey to assess social, economic & educational backwardness of Marathas

PTI -
Saturday's announcement came as quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil embarked on a protest march to Mumbai from Jalna demanding OBC reservations for Marathas.

Explaining speaker’s verdict in Marathi, presenting documents — how Uddhav is going to ‘people’s court’

Purva Chitnis -
At Janata Nyayalaya following Speaker Rahul Narwekar's ruling on 'real' Shiv Sena, former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray says 'final verdict is delivered by the public'.

Shinde under Oppn fire for Davos trip as Uddhav’s Sena calls it a ‘splurge, junket of illegal CM’

Purva Chitnis -
CMO reacts saying 10 persons accompanying Maharashtra CM & 8 MMRDA officials travelling independently. This is Maharashtra CM's 2nd visit, 2023 trip was govt’s most expensive so far.

Congress ‘deviated from ideological roots, fostering caste division’ — Milind Deora on exit from party

PTI -
Deora, who has joined Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, also criticised the Congress for targetting business houses as ‘anti-national'.
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